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In olden times innkeepers announced their hospitality to the public by painted signboards or carved and gilded lions, bulls, harts, dragons, and other creatures. Quite often a beautifully painted sign was to be seen outside an inn—often the work of a povertystricken artist who settled his account with the landlord by painting a sign for him. * * ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1939, Page 25
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59YE OLDE INN Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1939, Page 25
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