Talk:Lane Crawford

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Onanoff in topic 1879 stocklist

Peacockery edit

Much of this entry reads like it was written by Lane Crawford's PR department. It is in need to a serious clean-up to make it adher to Wikipedia guidelines Zythophile (talk) 17:40, 2 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

It was! (check the page history). I have removed the offending text that you tagged, and reworded some more. Please check it again. – Fayenatic L (talk) 14:12, 5 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

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1879 stocklist edit

This LC advert of available items, from the China Mail, January 1879, is a charming testament to the breadth of the department store then, but is too long to include as a quote. How can we use it?:

Woolen socks, drawers and undershirts, Letts's diaries, riding whips, bridles and pony harness, rug straps, York hams, chit books, horse clippers, filters, silber lamps, French and English boots and shoes, the New Pattern Life Vests, Chubb's fireproof safes, salamanders for heating baths, Works of Reference, California apples, hair brushes, billiard cloths, copying presses, Christy's hats, scarfs, collars, kid gloves, food warmers, cigarettes, cricket bats, balls, gloves etc, Partaga's Havana cigars, bath towels, paint boxes, damask for table cloths, stationary, patent water closets, pocket books, dog collars and chains, tennis balls, children's books, valises, Ladies' and Gentleman's dressing bats, fitted, air cushions, billiard balls, short Sniders with sword bayonets, Bass's Ale, Guiness's Stout, bottled by Foster, Bass in Hhds, Saccone's sherries, plum puddings, Christmas cakes, mincemeat, Smyrna figs, Elva's plums, crystallised fruits, dragees, French and English bonbons, chocolate for dessert, assorted cosaques, telephone crackers, conference crackers, aquarium crackers, French and English toys, mechanical toys, dolls in latest Parisian Costumes, swimming dolls, dolls' portmanteaux, dancing and walking dolls, Punch and Judy show, rocking horses, musical boxes, tea and dinner sets, Noah's arks, wheelbarrows, guns and swords, spades and pails, barrel organs, French albums, Ladies' dressing cases, glove and handkerchief boxes, work baskets and boxes, Ladies' companions, photograph frames, card receivers, statuettes, Bohemian flower vases, Pharoah writing cabinets, scent cases in velvets and crystal, Russian pocket books, Morocco cigar cases, plated scissors in cases, bibles, paint boxes fitted, toilet bottles and vases, aneroids, crocodile scent cases, writing desks, Meerschaum pipes, latest design electro-plated ware, Mark Twain's scrap books, and Havana cigars.

From Gwulo Onanoff (talk) 19:32, 25 December 2018 (UTC)Reply