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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rastella, post: 329146, member: 6722&quot;]I had to look up what tout meant and I think you&#039;re right.&nbsp; I just ran across this article from old and sold <a href="http://www.oldandsold.com/articles01/article456.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oldandsold.com/articles01/article456.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldandsold.com/articles01/article456.shtml</a>.&nbsp; In the article, I found this line enjoyable, &quot;Later, in the early part of the 19th century, peddlers carried trays of plaster-of-Paris figures around the country and sold them on the streets of large cities. As early as 1808 a small book illustrated with quaint engravings, Cries of New York, includes the image peddler and his cry: &quot;Images. very fine, very pretty.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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