Now Even Less Content!
A few weeks ago I went to the Academia Nacional de la Historia, where I spent the afternoon reading articles from 1837-38 published in El Diario de la Tarde. The advertisements proved to be nearly as interesting as the content of the paper:
Here is an ad for a milk-bearing goat:
A bilingual ad for a cook:
As I mentioned in an earlier post, tortoise shell peinetas were in style at the time:
Slavery was also a part of everyday life in 1837. This ad reads: "Yesterday, at about 11 in the morning, a little black boy named Claudio fled from the house of his masters. He is roughly 10 years old, stocky and thick-lipped with big eyes and buck teeth and was wearing a jacket of thick, black wool and canvas leggings, is barefoot and hatless; whoever gives news of his whereabouts, and brings him to Perú No. 43 (prev. la Florida), will receive said award."
Here is an ad for a milk-bearing goat:
A bilingual ad for a cook:
As I mentioned in an earlier post, tortoise shell peinetas were in style at the time:
Slavery was also a part of everyday life in 1837. This ad reads: "Yesterday, at about 11 in the morning, a little black boy named Claudio fled from the house of his masters. He is roughly 10 years old, stocky and thick-lipped with big eyes and buck teeth and was wearing a jacket of thick, black wool and canvas leggings, is barefoot and hatless; whoever gives news of his whereabouts, and brings him to Perú No. 43 (prev. la Florida), will receive said award."
posted by Brandán Buenosayres at 11:53 AM
2 Comments:
increible el último anuncio!!!
Hi Brandan,
Wondering if you are still in BA? Couldn't find your contact info. I stumbled upon your blog while doing some research about BA. I would love to ask you a few questions in regards to your blog if you have the time.
Posting this as a comment as a means to get in touch.
Thank you!
Anne
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