A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Curious Specimens and Biographical Notes |
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... present system of commerce as advertising , with its rise and growth , cannot fail to be full of interest . Indeed it is highly suggestive of amusement , as a reference to any of our old newspapers , full as they are of quaint announce ...
... present system of commerce as advertising , with its rise and growth , cannot fail to be full of interest . Indeed it is highly suggestive of amusement , as a reference to any of our old newspapers , full as they are of quaint announce ...
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... present splendid Glasgow press by the establishment of the Courant , but this did not in any way affect the publications in the then far more im- portant town of Edinburgh . In March 1714 Robert Brown commenced the Edinburgh Gazette or ...
... present splendid Glasgow press by the establishment of the Courant , but this did not in any way affect the publications in the then far more im- portant town of Edinburgh . In March 1714 Robert Brown commenced the Edinburgh Gazette or ...
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... present extensive pitch ; and though the process may be characterised as slow , no one who looks around at the well - covered hoard- ings and the be - plastered signs on detached and prominent # " History of Signboards . ” houses can ...
... present extensive pitch ; and though the process may be characterised as slow , no one who looks around at the well - covered hoard- ings and the be - plastered signs on detached and prominent # " History of Signboards . ” houses can ...
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... present day will receive as complete a downfall as that just recorded . Within the recollections of men who are still young street advertising has considerably changed . Twenty years ago the billsticker was a nuisance of the most ...
... present day will receive as complete a downfall as that just recorded . Within the recollections of men who are still young street advertising has considerably changed . Twenty years ago the billsticker was a nuisance of the most ...
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... present in- stance by a few magisterial decisions , and by an unlooked- for and unaccountable alacrity on the part of the police , set these matters straight ; and now it is hard to find an en- closure in London the hoarding of which is ...
... present in- stance by a few magisterial decisions , and by an unlooked- for and unaccountable alacrity on the part of the police , set these matters straight ; and now it is hard to find an en- closure in London the hoarding of which is ...
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A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes ... Henry Sampson No preview available - 2015 |
A History of Advertising From the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes ... Henry Sampson No preview available - 2016 |
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