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Subject: Quilts

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

Trade Card: Girl and Patchwork Quilt (circa 1885)Trade Card: Girl and Patchwork Quilt (circa 1885)

Trade card depicting a girl and a patchwork quilt. The card dates from circa 1885 and is part of Manuscript Collection 1410, located in the OOS, Binder 1, Page 6. The geographic location associated with the card is approximately 43.155708, -77.612547 (possibly in New York State, but this requires further verification). The subject matter suggests a mercantile context.