1850-christmas-ads &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/1850-christmas-ads/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "1850-christmas-ads" Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:23:44 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[HURRAH for the HOLIDAYS]]> http://historyweaver.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/hurrah-for-the-holidays/ Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:24:46 +0000 historyweaver http://historyweaver.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/hurrah-for-the-holidays/ What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipt for the Million 1857?

000. Mrs. Hale is speechless at the raw commercialism of the times. All she can say is have a wonderous holiday. And mind your comportment.

Enjoy these ads from the Alta California 1857.  Christmas as we know it was just beginning in last decade.  Christmas trees for sale? Great buys on holiday gifts? St. Nick spirits? The stores in San Francisco had it all. If you lived in Oregon or Washington Territory, you might be able to order ad have it sent up. It took around nine to eleven days to get from Puget Sound to the Bay and vice versa, depending on the winds and seas.

A little bit of spirits: November 12, 1857. Christmas trees December 20, 1857.

Hurrah for the Holidays December 12, 1857.

And Gifts December 21, 1857.


MERRY CHRISTMAS

& A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

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