Trade card - Weichselbaum & Schwamenfeld, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1885

This trade card advertises Weichselbaum & Schwamenfeld, manufacturers of quilts and jobbers in dry goods, notions, trimmings, and ladies' and gent's furnishing goods, with auction goods as a specialty. The business was located at 548 North Second Street, below Green, in Philadelphia. The front of the card features a colorful pastoral scene depicting a man in a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road beside a body of water at sunset or sunrise, with a tree and lush foliage. The verso displays the company's full advertisement, utilizing various decorative Victorian-style fonts for emphasis on different product categories.

Associated People/Businesses

• Weichselbaum
• Schwamenfeld

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Trade cards
• Advertising
• Dry goods
• Quilts
• Notions
• Furnishing goods
• Retail trade
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 19th century
• Victorian era
• Pastoral scenes
• Rural landscapes
• Jewish businesses

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 20, Folder 10