Prostitutes play cards and drink between clients in a brothel in New Orleans, US in 1912. Prostitution was fairly common across the US up until the women's movement in the US in the early 1900s. Eventually, every state outlawed it. Once they became a state, only Nevada would eventually allow it. As with any service job, much of an average day can consist of no activity. Alcohol and gambling, also legal at the time, could take up much of a prostitutes free time. Whats also interesting is it was not uncommon for a frequent customer to marry a prostitute, and possibly the prostitute would still work despite being married. One of the most famous example of this situation is Wyatt Earp and 2 of his brothers who all either married or had extended relationships with prostitutes.