Trade Card: Solomon Levi, Clothing and Furnishings, Reading, Pennsylvania

This trade card advertises Solomon Levi's clothing and furnishing business located at 652 Penn Ave., Reading, PA. The front of the card features an illustration of a baby lying in a crib. The name 'William Umbenhauer' and the word 'Salesman' are also visible on the front of the card, suggesting a connection to the business. The back of the card contains a full advertisement for Solomon Levi. [Solomon Levi is buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Reading. His first wife, Amelia née Sundheim, died September 25, 1880, at the age of 32 and was buried at the Hebrew Cemetery on Neversink Mt. in Reading. She was survived by Solomon, a son of about 9 years old, and a daughter of about 6 years old. The 1880 census lists Hannah Sondheim as Amelia's sister; she married her widowed brother-in-law, Solomon, after Amelia's death. Hannah and Solomon had one son, Abraham, in 1886.]

Associated People/Businesses

• Solomon Levi
• LEVI, SOL.

Geography

• Reading

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards
• Infants

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 41, Page 6