Trade card - Max Stadler & Co., New York, circa 1885

This trade card advertises Max Stadler & Co., a fine clothing establishment in New York. The front of the card features a colorful illustration depicting a smiling Black woman holding a crying white baby, standing behind a white picket fence. The business name, "Max Stadler & Co., Fine Clothing," and two New York addresses (565, 567 Broadway, Corner Prince St.; 619, 621 Eighth Ave., Corner Fortieth St.) are printed on a white sheet draped over the fence. The reverse side advertises "10,000 Choice Books, Handsomely Bound, Artistically Illustrated, to be GIVEN AWAY!" to every purchaser of a boys' or child's suit or overcoat. It highlights Max Stadler & Co. as an "old established house" offering the "largest assortment of Fine Clothing in the City" at "ONE PRICE, and that the very lowest," with "Satisfaction Guaranteed or the Money refunded." The card features typical late 19th-century trade card design with a prominent illustration and detailed text. 3.

Associated People/Businesses

• Max Stadler
• Stadler, Max

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Clothing
• Retail trade
• Advertising
• Caricature
• Stereotypes
• Books
• New York City
• 19th Century
• Menswear
• Children's clothing

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 11