Trade Card: Freeman's One Price Clothing Bazar, Hartford, Connecticut

This trade card advertises Freeman's One Price Clothing Bazar in Hartford, Connecticut. The front of the card (image 1) shows a depiction of a Geisha girl, one of a set of three or four. The image is in color, possibly using chromolithography, and the style suggests a late 19th-century aesthetic. The back of the card (image 2) contains the full advertisement, including the address: 14, 16 & 18 Asylum Street. The text on the front reads, "ONE PRICE CLOTHING BAZAR...FIRST CLOTHING STORE FROM MAIN ST.". The use of a Geisha girl image reflects common stereotypes of the time period.

Associated People/Businesses

• Freeman's (Firm)
• FREEMAN, S. I.

Geography

• Hartford

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Advertising cards
• Advertising
• Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 3, Folder 10