Subject: Mail-order business

A 1901 sample catalogue from Sears, Roebuck and Co., soliciting 50 cents for a larger, fully illustrated edition featuring clothing, guns, and other merchandise. The catalogue was distributed in Fulton, DesPlaines, Jefferson, and Wayman Streets. The catalogue is associated with Julius Rosenwald, the founder of modern-day Sears.

A broadside advertisement for Rosenwald's in Albuquerque, New Mexico, featuring Goodyear rubber goods, including high buckle shoes. The advertisement includes a shoe size chart for mail orders. Undated, but likely circa 1910 based on stylistic elements and the inferred date from the archival collection.

This trade card advertises A. Shuman & Co., a clothing store located at the corner of Washington and Summer Streets in Boston, Massachusetts. The front of the card features an illustration of four well-dressed boys. Each is wearing a different style of clothing, showcasing the variety of boys' clothing available at A. Shuman & Co.. The back of the card features a full advertisement for the store's mail order department, indicating that the business offered goods to customers across a wider geographic area. The date, 1899, appears at the top of the card.

This trade card advertises H. Wolf & Co., a mail-order clothing business in Chicago, Illinois. The card features a sample of a shirt, with a piece missing, made of muslin. The card also lists the business address: 246, 248, 250, and 252 E. Madison St. The back of the card has a price list and size chart. The card is dated 1872. This trade card is one of two in the same record. The second card is a large, rectangular, vertical card and the card shown is the second card in the record, smaller, rectangular, horizontal card, with the name of the business on the top center.

This trade card, advertising A. Shuman & Co.'s mail-order department, features two well-dressed gentlemen on the front, standing in front of a building. The men appear to be models displaying the latest spring fashions of 1889, suggesting that this card dates to around that year despite the printed date of 1899. The illustration is likely intended to convey a sense of sophistication and style. Behind the gentlemen is a large building, perhaps the store itself, adding architectural context to the image. The text on the front of the card reads "WASHINGTON AND SUMMER STREETS ...SHUMAN CORNER." The back of the card prominently displays "MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT." The back features additional details related to the mail-order services offered.

Trade card advertising A. Shuman & Co.'s mail order department. Depicts two gentlemen in a park showcasing spring wardrobe. The card includes a full advertisement, including mail order information. Published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1899.