Once of the many reasons I adore nineteenth-century print culture is the bone-dry humor often found in advertisements and announcements. And some clips just remind me how so little has changed. Here are a few recent finds…
The era of social media did not invent OMGing…
Source: The Atchison Globe, April 26, 1878.
Wry criticism at its finest…
June 6th, 1881
And lastly, little Clarence dreams big:
May 31st, 1879
Hilarious! The middle one is my favorite.