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This archive of old personal ads is strangely moving (opens in new tab)

Long Lost Personal is an archive devoted to preserving vintage personal ads from decades past. Curated from old newspapers and alternative weeklies, the project collects tiny fragments of human longing, awkwardness, humor, and hope. Take a stroll into the past, where everything was typed out by people searching for connection long before dating apps existed. — Read the rest The post This archive of old personal ads is strangely moving appeared first on Boing Boing.

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