Island Directories
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Description
In this age of the "informationsuper highway,"details regarding goods andservices are easily and quicklyobtainable. At the push of abutton, an inquirer can locatenames of businessmen, professionals— even felons. Acentury ago, finding "who" or"what" was not nearly sosimple. The informationseeker of 1894 was likely toturn to "directories" such asthe one advertised above bypublisher Robert Teare.What were these directories,and why are they ofvalue to the historian?
In collections
- Title
- Island Directories
- Creator
- Coles, L. Ann
- Subject
- Island Magazine, Prince Edward Island Museum
- Description
- In this age of the "informationsuper highway,"details regarding goods andservices are easily and quicklyobtainable. At the push of abutton, an inquirer can locatenames of businessmen, professionals— even felons. Acentury ago, finding "who" or"what" was not nearly sosimple. The informationseeker of 1894 was likely toturn to "directories" such asthe one advertised above bypublisher Robert Teare.What were these directories,and why are they ofvalue to the historian?
- Publisher
- Prince Edward Island Museum
- Contributor
- Date
- 1994
- Type
- Document
- Format
- application/pdf
- Identifier
- vre:islemag-batch2-471
- Source
- 35
- Language
- en_US
- Relation
- Coverage
- Rights
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