Trade Card and Broadside: Golding Bros., 8th Ave. and 36th St., New York City; Grand Annual Ball of the Cigarette Makers Association, 1881


This record contains a trade card and a related broadside. The trade card advertises Golding Bros., located at 8th Ave. and 36th St., New York City. The front of the card features imagery suggestive of the late 19th-century athletic scene, possibly depicting strongmen or a sporting event, reflecting the time's social and industrial conflicts. The back of the card is a broadside announcing the "Grand Annual Ball of the Cigarette Makers Association," to be held at Tammany Hall on Saturday, November 12th, 1881. The broadside lists the association's officers: Wm. Rubens (President), Abe Rubens (Secretary), Barney Kommel (Vice President), and Nathan Cohen (Treasurer).


Associated People/Businesses

  • Golding Bros.
  • Cigarette Makers Association

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 62