Trade Card: Solomon Levi, Headquarters for Ready-Made Clothing, Reading, Pennsylvania

This trade card advertises Solomon Levi's clothing store in Reading, Pennsylvania. The front of the card (Image 1) depicts a young girl in a pink dress holding a dog wearing a white collar. The text 'Headquarters for Ready-Made Clothing, Bargains' is prominently displayed, along with the address: 652 Penn St. The back of the card (Image 2) contains a full advertisement, though the details are not visible in the provided image. [Solomon Levi was buried in the Jewish Cemetery. His first wife, Amelia nee Sundheim, died September 25, 1880, at age 32. She was buried at the Hebrew Cemetery on Neversink Mt., Reading. She was survived by Solomon, a son (about 9 years old), and a daughter (about 6 years old). The 1880 census indicates that Hannah Sondheim was Amelia's sister. Hannah married her widowed brother-in-law, 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
• Ready-to-wear clothing
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 41, Page 9