Trade Card: Morris Cohn, Globe Shirt, Addison, New York
Trade card advertising Morris Cohn's Globe Shirt business in Addison, New York. The card features racist imagery depicting Chinese individuals. Circa 1885.
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Trade card advertising Morris Cohn's Globe Shirt business in Addison, New York. The card features racist imagery depicting Chinese individuals. Circa 1885.
This trade card features a comical illustration on the front of a woman struggling to try on an oversized pair of shoes. The woman's expression and the size of the shoes create a humorous effect. The style suggests a late 19th-century aesthetic. The back of the card contains an advertisement: "Go to Cohen the Clothier." This indicates the card's purpose as an advertisement for a clothing store. The back of the card is not blank.
This is a large, folding trade card for Cohn Bros., a clothing store with locations in Addison and Wayland, New York. The front of the card features a hand with a palm divided into different areas. The card unfolds to reveal four pages of fortune telling with instructions. The back of the card is blank. This is the first of four cards in this record.