The NY Times has just published a selection of personal ads, including missed connections, that were written in the 19th century. Here is just one of the ads, from 1862: If the young lady wearing the pink dress, spotted fur cape and muff, had light hair, light complexion and blue eyes... was written by Pam Epstein who features many more of these ads on her Advertising for Love blog.  Pam has been researching these ads as part of her dissertation on America's transformation of love