Trade Card for Sonnenfeld's

This trade card advertises Sonnenfeld's, a dry-goods store located at Broadway and Morgan. [The store occupied four floors of the “famous building” and was the largest of its kind in the city. It burned to the ground in a major fire on the evening of November 16, 1891, as reported in the New York Times on November 18, 1891. The store’s stock of goods was valued at $190,000, and the insurance was $130,000.] The card features a scene of a cottage, possibly in the countryside. It has a red border with a large, ornate design.

Associated People/Businesses

• Sonnenfeld's
• Sonnenfeld

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Textile industry
• Dress accessories
• Jewish merchants
• Retail trade
• Dry Goods

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 11, Folder 10