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Trade Card: Giant Clothing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

This trade card advertises the Giant Clothing Co., located on the corner of Canal and Lansing Streets in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The front of the card (Image URL: https://iiif-images.library.upenn.edu/iiif/2/7114589d-7bdd-4131-bc01-7df6394fdca3%2Faccess/full/!600,600/0/default.jpg) features a comical illustration of a pig. The back of the card (Image URL: https://iiif-images.library.upenn.edu/iiif/2/54855a88-85ee-4ae4-924d-52048137fdd9%2Faccess/full/!600,600/0/default.jpg) is blank. [The Giant Clothing Store was founded in 1883 by Abraham May at Monroe and Lyon Streets, and later became A. May & Son's.]

Associated People/Businesses

Giant Clothing Co.
May, Abraham

Geography

Grand Rapids

Subjects

Clothing trade
Jewish merchants
Advertising cards
Advertising

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 62