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Trade Card for M. Shwartz & Co., Clothing Merchants

This trade card advertises M. Shwartz & Co., a clothing merchant located at 303 & 305 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York. [The business was owned and operated by Mark Shwartz, a Jewish immigrant from Prussia who became a self-made success in Poughkeepsie.] The card features a whimsical illustration of a locust playing a concertina. It has a yellow border around the perimeter of the card.

Associated People/Businesses

M. Shwartz & Co.
SHWARTZ, M. (Mark)

Geography

Poughkeepsie

Subjects

Clothing trade
Textile industry
Jewish merchants
Advertising cards

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 20, Page 18