A blonde milliner of 24, with means (1892)

Personal1892

PERSONAL—Young lady 24 years old; blonde; 5 feet 3 inches; milliner by trade; with means; wishes to correspond with gent of some means; object matrimony. Vic. Williams, 654 Third avenue, New York City.

Pittsburg Dispatch, October 2, 1892, p. 7. View the original page at the Library of Congress

In plain English

A 24-year-old blonde woman, 5 feet 3 inches tall, a milliner with money of her own, would like to write to a man with some money of his own, with marriage in mind. Replies go to Vic. Williams at 654 Third Avenue, New York City.

Who wrote it, and to whom

Newspaper	Pittsburg Dispatch, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date	October 2, 1892, page 7
Written by	Signed Vic. Williams
Addressed to	Men of some means
Where	654 Third Avenue, New York City

Context

A milliner made and sold women’s hats. The ad ran in a Pittsburg paper but gives a New York City street address for replies, and we can’t tell whether it was genuine. For where people in Pennsylvania post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in Pennsylvania.

In the Personals Dictionary

Correspondent Object matrimony

Tagged

correspondence matrimony written by women

How to cite this ad

“A blonde milliner of 24, with means.” Personal advertisement, Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), October 2, 1892, p. 7. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1892-pittsburg-dispatch-milliner-24-new-york.html.

Public domain in the United States: published before 1931.

Transcribed from the page image and checked against the original; spelling and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined. Capital letters are also as printed: papers set the first word of each ad in capitals.

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