Trade Card - Harris Cohen, Merchant Tailor, New York, October 22, 1889

A trade card for Harris Cohen, Merchant Tailor and Clothier, located at 134 & 136 White St., New York. The card features a lithograph bust of a man identified as Harris Cohen. The business advertises "Jockey Suits Made to Order for $14.00" and states "No connection with any other house in the city." Alex S. Jacobs is listed as the proprietor. The verso of the card is a comical advertisement for the "891st Annual Excursion of the Gin Blossom Brigade" scheduled for "Sunrise Sunday Evening, October the Thirty-twice, 1889," with humorous and nonsensical details about the event, including "Music by Professor Dog with a Brass Band" and a "Slugging Committee." It also states that "your Clothes for the Excursion a Harris Cohen's Merchant Tailor Store, 134-136 White St."

Associated People/Businesses

• Alex S. Jacobs (Proprietor)
• Cohen, Harris

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Tailoring
• Clothing
• Retail trade
• New York (N.Y.)
• Advertising
• Humorous advertising
• 19th Century
• Lithography
• Trade cards
• Excursions
• Social Events

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 23, Folder 9