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

This is one of six trade cards depicting comical scenes of a man in a pilgrim hat. The imagery is described as containing mostly racist depictions. The front of the card advertises the Mordecai & Smith Clothing House in Baltimore, Maryland. The back of the card is blank. Research indicates that M. (Moses) C. (Cohen) Mordecai, possibly the famous Charleston Confederate (1804-1888), and Judson H. Smith ran the business. A deed of trust and various court records involving Mordecai's son, J. Radolph Mordecai, as executor, reference the business at 178 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore.

Associated People/Businesses

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

Geography

• Baltimore

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 13