Subject: Provision trade

This is a simple, straight business card for S. D. Cassel, advertising "Choice Meats & Provisions," with shad in season as a specialty, as well as butter, eggs, and poultry. The card displays the business's address as 4615 Main Street, Germantown. The text is straightforward and printed in a simple font, suggesting a focus on conveying the business information efficiently. The back of the card is blank.

This trade card advertises A. B. Springsteen, a grocery and provision merchant located at 447 East Broadway, Albany, New York. [This card was at the Library of Congress exhibit in Cincinnati in 2005.] The card features a girl dressed in white, a girl dressed in yellow, and a girl dressed in red, all holding jars of preserved fruit or pickles. [These are likely images of Lucca's Italian preserved fruit, one of the major brands A.B. Springsteen carried.] The card has a blue border.