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This image provided by the The Historic New Orleans Collection shows an undated photo of Rita Walker from Blue Book, one of the pocket-sized directories of New Orleans prostitutes published more than a century ago. Pamela Arceneaux, author of “Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans,” says it’s the ads for brothels, saloons, liquor brands and hangover cures that make the booklets so interesting. (The Historic New Orleans Collection via AP)

This image provided by the The Historic New Orleans Collection shows an undated photo of Rita Walker from Blue Book, one of the pocket-sized directories of New Orleans prostitutes published more than a century ago. Pamela Arceneaux, author of “Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans,” says it’s the ads for brothels, saloons, liquor brands and hangover cures that make the booklets so interesting. (The Historic New Orleans Collection via AP)

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