Trade Card: Original Cohen's, Dealers in New & Second-Hand Clothing, Baltimore, MD

This trade card advertises Original Cohen's, a Baltimore-based business established in 1857. The front of the card lists their services: dealers in new and second-hand clothing, pawnbrokers, unredeemed pledges, merchant tailors, with misfits a specialty. They also sold guns, rifles, revolvers, watches, musical, and drawing instruments. The address, 8, 12, 14 Harrison St., Baltimore, MD, is clearly printed. The card also advertises a line of full dress suits for hire at reasonable terms. The back of the card contains pencil writing including figures and the name Joseph Robbins. [Joseph Robbins was the captain of the Schooner Annie Francis, an oyster dredge boat that worked the Chesapeake Bay from 1888-1890].

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  • Original Cohen's
  • Cohen

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 11, Folder 10