Transcript: Interview: Sara Bader on "Strange Red Cow," a history of classified ads

JACKI LYDEN
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
11-06-2005
Interview: Sara Bader on "Strange Red Cow," a history of classified ads

Host: JACKI LYDEN
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

JACKI LYDEN, host:

One way of looking for a job is, of course, to scan the classified ads. Here's one for someone seeking work in the New York fashion industry: `Wanted: A young lady of German parentage, must be a 36-inch bust and understand bookkeeping on a small scale. Apply Neubauer & Pleyweis(ph), Ladies & Mrs. Cloaks(ph), 419 Broadway.' However, you'd be a bit late if you answer that ad because it was posted in the New York World in 1892. It's one of hundreds of classified ads collected by researcher and writer ...

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