Subject: Furriers

Bone-like advertising trade card. The front features a full graphic advertisement, and the back instructs customers to send fur orders to Marks in Detroit for savings. The card dates from circa 1910, based on the collection's dating.

Billhead from Julius Knoesel, Practical Furrier, located at 10 Bond Street near Broadway in New York, New York. The billhead is dated November 16, 1881.

Billhead - COHEN, M. D....circa 1850....52 NORTH SECOND STREET, BELOW ARCH, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania......; FURRIER AND CAP MANUFACTURER...PRINT OF A CAP. Myer David (M. D.) Cohen (1811–1865) was a German Jewish immigrant from Prussia who established himself in Philadelphia’s bustling commercial district. He operated a "Fur Store," acting as a fancy furrier and cap manufacturer. He specialized in fashionable fur trimmings and wholesale/retail caps, actively buying raw animal skins from traders at full market price. His business at 52 North Second Street was situated "two doors below Arch Street" in what is now Philadelphia's historic Old City. During the 1850s, Second Street was a major commercial hub dense with textile, clothing, and accessory manufacturers. Today, this corridor is preserved under the Old City Historic District.Myer David Cohen and his family were highly influential in the early development of American Jewish civic and religious institutions. In an era when keeping a business closed on Saturday was financially difficult and rare in the United States, historical newspaper advertisements for M. D. Cohen explicitly stated, "The store is always closed on Saturdays." This strict adherence to the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat) was a proud marker of traditional Jewish identity in early Philadelphia commerce. In 1837, Myer David Cohen married Judith Simha da Silva Solis. She belonged to a highly prominent Sephardic Jewish family that traced its roots back to the Iberian Peninsula and 17th-century Amsterdam. Upon their marriage, she requested that their lineages be formally joined, giving rise to the prominent Solis-Cohen dynasty in Philadelphia.Through his marriage and Philadelphia business, M. D. Cohen fathered children who became towering figures in American medicine and Jewish communal affairs. His eldest son, Dr. Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen (1838–1927), served as a Union Army surgeon during the Civil War. He is celebrated historically as the "Father of Laryngology" in the United States, performing the first successful laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer in the country. Another son, Dr. Solomon Solis-Cohen (1857–1948), became a celebrated professor of clinical medicine. He was profoundly active in Jewish activities, helping found the Jewish Publication Society of America, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the Philadelphia Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA).

Billhead of M. D. Cohen, a furrier and cap manufacturer, located at 52 North Second Street, below Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The billhead is dated circa 1850 and features a print of a cap. M. D. Cohen is identified as the father of Dr. Jacob Solis-Cohen. The billhead is part of the E Collection in Archives and Manuscript Series 56, Box A, Folder 3.

This trade blotter, dating from circa 1885, advertises S. Katzman, a designer and manufacturer of furs, located at 917 Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The blotter features an image of a woman in a fur wrap. The blotter is part of the F. Earl Christy Collection.

This trade card advertises S.B. Hartz & Co., described as "The leading Hatters and Furriers." The front of the card features a charming illustration of children attempting to catch a bird. The image is likely meant to evoke a sense of childhood innocence and lightheartedness, possibly to suggest the quality and appeal of the company's products. The business's address, 323-325 Main Street, is clearly displayed, along with the full advertisement. This is the third in a set of three trade cards. The back of the card is blank.