Matchmaking
name: label: Series Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Matrimony
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1744, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Matrimony, Subseries 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Matchmaking includes newspaper clippings from the 18th century in which a man or woman advertises for a mate.  There are also advertisements for matchmaking services, which are undated but are most likely from the 20th century.  There are a number of oversized matchmaking newspapers (Box 130, Folder 6) from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  These newspapers include love stories, advertisements for finding a mate, and other tips on matchmaking.