A history of advertising, from the earliest times : illustrated by anecdotes, curious specimens, and biographical notes (1874)
Sampson, Henry, 1841-1891 · London : Chatto · leaf 578
Sacred to the Memory of JOHN ROBERTS, Stonemason and Tombcutter, Who died on Saturday, October the 8th, 1800. N.B.—The business carried on by the Widow at No. i, Freshfield place. Perhaps her bemg in the tombstone line may be anexcuse for the widow Roberts. We dont suppose sheneeded one, however,… … traded on her husbands grave. This reminds us that wehave received, among many communications, one containingthe above sketch of an advertising tombstone, which the 532 HISTORY OF ADVERTISING. writer, who dates from a well-known town in the north,Gateshead, states positively stood in a neighbouring…
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