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Trade Card: L. Mayer's Shirt & Underwear Store, Hartford, Connecticut

This trade card advertises L. Mayer's Shirt & Underwear Store in Hartford, Connecticut. The front of the card displays a full advertisement announcing the store as the "sole mfg. of the Atlas shirt." The address, 76 Asylum Street, is prominently featured. The imagery includes comical illustrations of Black people. This is one of a set of seven cards. The back of the card is blank.

Associated People/Businesses

L. Mayer's (Firm)
Mayer, L.

Geography

Hartford

Subjects

Clothing trade
Underwear
Advertising cards
Caricatures and cartoons
Racism against Black people

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 9, Page 39