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Trade Card for P. Ostheim & Son, Clothiers

This trade card, from P. Ostheim & Son, clothiers, is located at 1102-1104 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The front of the card features a woman in an oriental dress that is based on a stereotype of women of Asian descent. This stereotyped figure is meant to attract customers and potentially promote the image of the store as a supplier of fashionable or exotic clothing. The back of the card is blank.

Associated People/Businesses

P. Ostheim & Son
OSTHEIM P. & SON

Geography

Philadelphia

Subjects

Clothing trade
Textile industry
Jewish merchants
Racism against Asians
Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 36, Page 14