Geography: Knoxville

Trade card advertising Gillespie, Shields & Co., clothing merchants, circa 1885. The card features a photograph of an individual and the text "I AM COMING WITH FAMOUS SHIELDS BRAND; CLOTHING." It is associated with Knoxville, Tennessee, and features I. Weill's trade card from California in the same collection.

This trade card advertises I. Weill of the firm Gillespie, Shields & Co., clothing merchants. The front of the card features a photograph of I. Weill and text that says, "I am coming with famous Shields Brand; Clothing." The style of the photograph and typography suggest a late 19th-century origin. The back of the card is blank. There is a note that another trade card from I. Weill in California is also in the collection.