January 1, 2010
Click through to read. I’ve downloaded a couple of these old Philadelphia books on archive.org before, but haven’t seen this one yet. Pretty entertaining. An example: “DIRECTIONS FOR TRAVELLERS: The first anxiety of the traveller as he approaches a city, unless he has upon the recommendation of a friend already made up his mind, is to determine upon a comfortable hotel, conveniently located for his purposes. The following list of some of the most noted is given, with their location, at any of which the traveller may find himself accommodated according to his means or wishes, as well, we believe, as in any other city in the Union.” (via rjwhite/mizzchelle)

Click through to read. I’ve downloaded a couple of these old Philadelphia books on archive.org before, but haven’t seen this one yet. Pretty entertaining. An example: “DIRECTIONS FOR TRAVELLERS: The first anxiety of the traveller as he approaches a city, unless he has upon the recommendation of a friend already made up his mind, is to determine upon a comfortable hotel, conveniently located for his purposes. The following list of some of the most noted is given, with their location, at any of which the traveller may find himself accommodated according to his means or wishes, as well, we believe, as in any other city in the Union.” (via rjwhite/mizzchelle)