Before Houses Were Numbered
Before houses were numbered it was a common practice with tradesmen not much known, when they advertised, to mention the color of their next neighbor’s door, balcony or lamp, of which custom the following copy of a hand-bill presents a curious instance:—
“Next to the Golden Door, opposite Great Suffolk street, near Pall Mall, at the Barber’s Pole, liveth a certain person, Robert Barker, who has found out an excellent method for sweating or fluxing of wiggs; his prices are 2s. 6d. for each bob, and 3s. for every tye wigg and pig-tail, ready money.”