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What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Brass candlesticks.” Joseph Russell and William Russell regularly placed advertisements in the Providence Gazette in the late 1760s and early 1770s. Like many...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “JOSEPH AND Wm. RUSSELL.” Joseph Russell and William Russell were among Providence’s mercantile elite in the decade prior to the American Revolution. They...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “POT-ASH, PEARL-ASH, and SALTS.” Joseph Russell and William Russell were among the many merchants in New England who sought to acquire potash, pearl ash, and salts in...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Dwelling-House (improved last by Messieurs Jackson and Updike).” Location! Location!! Location!!! An advertisement in the March 17, 1770, edition...
GUEST CURATOR: Samantha Surowiec What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (April 22, 1769). “Wanted, a Quantity of good Pot-Ash.” The word “Pot-Ash” caught my attention as I was...
GUEST CURATOR: Matt Ringstaff What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? Providence Gazette (April 15, 1769). “Wanted, a Quantity of good Pot-Ash.” Before seeing the word “Pot-Ash” in Joseph and...
GUEST CURATOR: Zachary Dubreuil What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (March 18, 1769). “Choice Indico.” This advertisement shows that Joseph and William Russell had multiple items for...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (January 14, 1769). “To be Sold at the Golden Eagle.” In an era before standardized street numbers, advertisers used a variety of other means to advise...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (November 19, 1768).“To be Sold at the GOLDEN EAGLE.” An advertisements that ran several times in the Providence Gazette in the fall of 1768 informed...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (October 22, 1768).“The Snow TRISTRAM … WILL be ready to sail in 14 Days.” In the late 1760s Joseph Russell and William Russell advertised...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (July 23, 1768).“A most neat and general Assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS.” It would have been practically impossible for regular readers of...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (July 2, 1768).“At their Shop, the Sign of the Golden Eagle, near the Court-House. (23).” Joseph and William Russell’s advertisement for “A...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (May 7, 1768).“To be SOLD by JOSEPH AND Wm. RUSSELL.” How much influence did eighteenth-century advertisers exert when it came to designing their...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (April 23, 1768).“SPRING and SUMMER GOODS.” The compositor who labored “at the PRINTING-OFFICE, the Sign of Shakespear’s Head” in...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (March 19, 1768).“Their assortment if very large.” In their efforts to convince prospective customers of the many choices available at their shop...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (December 19, 1767).“By far the largest and best Assortment in this Town.” In their attempt to incite consumer demand and attract customers, Joseph...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (November 7, 1767).“WILLIAM RUSSELL is just arrived from London.” Joseph Russell and William Russell frequently placed advertisements in the Providence...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (October 24, 1767).“Just imported from LONDON, by Joseph and William Russell …” Joseph and William Russell placed this rather modest advertisement...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (August 22, 1767).“A large Assortment of English Goods and Hard-Ware.” Joseph and William Russell were among Sarah Goddard and Company’s most...
GUEST CURATOR: Samuel Birney What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (February 28, 1767).“Excellent Bohea Tea.” This advertisement directed colonists to “the Sign of the Golden Eagle”...
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