Subject: Tinware

Billhead from Joseph Scheider & Co., manufacturers of plain, stamped, and japanned tin ware, located at 58 Beekman Street, New York, New York. Dated December 23, 1875. The billhead lists miners' lamps, street lamps, and cuspidors. A large lithograph of a gas street lamp is featured on the billhead.

This trade card advertises the services of Joseph Wm. Itzstein, a tin roofer, copper, tin, and sheet iron worker, and hollow-ware specialist. The front of the card displays the business's name and a description of its services: "TIN ROOFER, COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON WORKER...HOLLOW WARE." The address, 156 Brown Street below Second, is also clearly printed on the card. The back of the card is blank. The image is predominantly text-based, with no illustrations or decorative elements.