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

This trade card advertises Mordecai & Smith Clothing House, located in Baltimore, Maryland. The card's imagery features a comical man in a Pilgrim hat within mostly racist scenes. [Research indicates this is likely a reference to Moses C. (Cohen) Mordecai, a Charleston Confederate (1804-1888), and his business with Judson H. Smith. Numerous court records exist concerning his son, J. Randolph Mordecai, as executor of the will, dealing with issues in Baltimore.] The verso of the card is blank. The card is one of six in a set.

Associated People/Businesses

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

Geography

• Baltimore

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards
• Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 13