Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Torchlight & Pickpockets. Baedeker's supreme duty was to take the tourist by the hand and lead him gently through the pitfalls of foreign lands. Thieves of all kinds were among Baedeker arch foes; speaking of Lourdes shrine, Baedeker says: "The torchlight procession presents a fairylike scene (Beware of pickpockets...