Trade Card: H. Waldstein, Optician, New York City

This trade card advertises H. Waldstein, an optician located at 41 Union Square in New York City. The front of the card features a charming illustration of an Oriental woman holding a fan near a body of water. A bird perches on a parasol next to a bouquet of flowers. The style and subject matter of the illustration are suggestive of late 19th-century aesthetics. The back of the card is blank. [Henry Waldstein was a Jewish immigrant who began working as an optician in New York around 1840. Some of the instruments in his shop were made by his relatives in Munich and in Vienna.]

Associated People/Businesses

• H. Waldstein (Firm)
• WALDSTEIN, H.

Geography

• New York City

Subjects

• Opticians
• Advertising cards
• Union Square (New York, N.Y.)
• Asian Americans

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 23, Page 16