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"The Waits" Itinerant English Christmas Musicians 1920s Trade Ad Card

$ 2.63

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: Used
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    Description

    "The Waits" Itinerant English Christmas Musicians 1920s Trade Ad Card
    NOTE:
    THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
    THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
    THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
    AND
    THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
    THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
    2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
    ORIGINAL 1920s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
    "THE WAITS" ITINERANT ENGLISH  CHRISTMAS MUSICIANS
    Wait, an English town watchman or public musician who sounded the hours of the
    night. In the later Middle Ages the waits were night watchmen, who sounded horns
    or even played tunes to mark the hours. In the 15th and 16th centuries waits
    developed into bands of itinerant musicians who paraded the streets at night at
    Christmas time. From the early 16th century, London and all the chief boroughs had
    their corporation waits.
    In the 18th and early 19th centuries the custom developed of these ordinary street
    watchmen serenading householders at Christmas time and calling on the day after
    Christmas Day to receive a gratuity. When, in 1829, their place as guardians of a
    citys safety was taken over by the police, private individuals kept up the custom,
    playing and singing suitable Christmas music.
    NOTE:
    THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
    THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
    2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
    NOTE:
    THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
    TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
    THIS CARD IS  NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
    IT WAS PRINTED IN THE 1920s
    IT IS NOT PERFECT
    THERE MAY BE:
    SLIGHT PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS - WEAK CORNERS
    SEE THE IMAGES ABOVE!
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    NOTE:
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