Trade Card: Solomon Levi, Clothing Merchant, Reading, Pennsylvania

This trade card advertises Solomon Levi, a clothing merchant located at 652 Penn Ave. in Reading, Pennsylvania. The front of the card features an image of roses and the name of a salesman, William Umbenhauer. The back of the card contains a full advertisement for Solomon Levi's business. [Solomon Levi is buried in the Jewish Cemetery. His first wife, Amelia née Sundheim, died September 25, 1880, at the age of 32 and is buried at the Hebrew Cemetery on Neversink Mt. in Reading. She was survived by Solomon, a son of about 9, and a daughter of about 6. The 1880 census lists Hannah Sondheim as Amelia's sister; Hannah married Solomon after Amelia's death and they had a son, Abraham, in 1886.]

Associated People/Businesses

• Solomon Levi
• LEVI, SOL.

Geography

• Reading

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 41, Page 8