A sign for the ‘New Orleans Cathouse’, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA The amusing illustration features cat in a ‘provocative’ pose wearing a red dress and smoking a cigarette. Is this the name of a club, a brothel or just a piece of street furniture? Traditionally a cathouse is another (polite) name for a brothel. This image is from an old American amateur colour transparency – a vintage 1980s/90s photograph.


A sign for the ‘New Orleans Cathouse’, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA The amusing illustration features cat in a ‘provocative’ pose wearing a red dress and smoking a cigarette. Is this the name of a club, a brothel or just a piece of street furniture? Traditionally a cathouse is another (polite) name for a brothel. This image is from an old American amateur colour transparency. It will look soft and grainy if used at too large a size – a vintage 1980s/90s photograph.


Size: 2399px × 3543px
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1990s, 90s, america, american, americana, amusing, bizarre, brothel, call, cartoon, cat, cathouse, club, den, dress, eccentric, fun, funny, furniture, girl, house, humor, humorous, humour, ill, industry, iniquity, louisiana, naughty, nineteen, nineties, odd, orleans, oval, pose, prostitute, prostitution, provocative, red, repute, sex, sexy, sign, signage, sinister, slang, strange, street, usa, work, worker