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A gift for your barber…
April 5, 2013 by TimHughes Email This Post
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Although the purpose of the ad in the “Rhode Island American & Gazette”, Providence, February 1, 1831 was to give notice of this barber’s change of location, it’s the description of the service he performs which is most interesting–and amusing (see below).
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Filed under: Pre Civil War, The Collectible Community, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: 19th century, humor, just for fun
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