Trade Card: Mordecai & Smith Clothing House, Baltimore, Maryland

This record contains two trade cards for Mordecai & Smith Clothing House in Baltimore, Maryland. The cards depict comical scenes featuring a man in a pilgrim hat within mostly racist imagery. The imagery on the cards includes stereotypical and racist depictions, one of which is likely a caricature of Indigenous peoples. The back of the cards are blank. Research indicates a connection to Moses C. (Cohen) Mordecai, a Charleston resident (1804-1888), and Judson H. Smith, who conducted business as Mordecai & Smith Clothing House at 178 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore. [Moses C. (Cohen) Mordecai was a well-known figure in Charleston, and numerous court records involve his son, J. Radolph Mordecai, as executor of his will, dealing with matters in Baltimore.]

Associated People/Businesses

• Mordecai & Smith
• Mordecai, M. (Moses) C. (Cohen)

Geography

• Baltimore

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards
• Racism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 13