Trade Card: Max Stadler & Co., Dissolution Sale, New York, NY

This trade card, from Max Stadler & Co., features a comical illustration on the front of a woman playing a bass fiddle, with the caption "WAITING TO BE ASKED." The illustration is likely meant to be humorous and eye-catching. Below the image, the card lists two addresses: Broadway cor. Grand St. and 8th Ave. cor. 40th St. The back of the card is fully printed with an advertisement for a dissolution sale, indicating a business closing. The style of the illustration and the overall design suggest a late 19th-century origin.

Associated People/Businesses

• Max Stadler & Co.
• STADLER, MAX

Geography

• New York City

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Advertising cards
• Jewish merchants

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 22, Page 23