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

This trade card advertises the Mordecai & Smith Clothing House located at 178 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The front of the card (Image 1) depicts a comical figure in a Pilgrim hat within a scene described as containing mostly racist imagery. The back of the card (Image 1, verso) is blank. The card is one of six similar cards in the collection. [Research indicates that M. (Moses) C. (Cohen) Mordecai, possibly the famous Charleston Confederate (1804-1888), and Judson H. Smith were business partners operating under the name Mordecai & Smith Clothing House.]

Associated People/Businesses

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

Geography

Baltimore

Subjects

Clothing trade
Jewish merchants
Advertising cards
Caricatures and cartoons
Racism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 13