Trade Card: Famous Clothing House, Reading, Pennsylvania

This trade card advertises the Famous Clothing House located at 642 Penn Street, Reading, Pennsylvania. The front of the card depicts a drawing of a boy playing with a hoop. The back of the card (second image) contains a full advertisement with prices. The provided text gives biographical information about Morris Weil, whose father, Solomon Weil, founded the business. [Solomon Weil, born in 1830 in Oberlust, Bavaria, immigrated to America at age 20 and established a clothing business in Reading, PA. He was a prominent member of Temple Oheb Sholem. He died in Reading on December 9, 1900. His son, Morris, worked in the family business and later opened his own retail clothing store at 642 Penn Street in 1889, retiring in 1902. Morris was involved in real estate and various social and charitable organizations.]

Associated People/Businesses

• Famous Clothing House
• WEIL, MORRIS

Geography

• Reading

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 40, Page 3