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Trade Card: Jacobi & Mack, Clothiers, Galesburg, Illinois

This trade card for Jacobi & Mack, clothiers, is divided between two images. The front of the card features a caricature comparing a monkey and a man, a racist trope common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The back of the card contains a full advertisement for the business. The style and imagery suggest a date consistent with the approximate date of the card. Further details of the advertisement on the back are not visible in the provided image.

Associated People/Businesses

Jacobi & Mack
Jacobi / Mack

Geography

Galesburg

Subjects

Clothing trade
Jewish merchants
Advertising cards
Caricatures and cartoons
Racism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 10, Page 30