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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Advert for Pantaloons or Breeches



I like so much about this advert I thought I would share it
  • The fact the shop is located “in Strawberry Alley… at the Sign of the Death of the Fox” is totally awesome!
  • That they also wash your breeches and sell “buff balls” which were it seems balls of ochre based dye used to maintain the color of leather and NOT dances attended by scantly clad prostitutes which was apparently the meaning of the phrase a hundred years later 
(source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 6, 1761.)

thanks to the source Ye Olde News

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