Trade Card: C. I. Baumgartner & Co., Dry Goods, Trenton, New Jersey

This trade card advertises C. I. Baumgartner & Co., dry goods merchants located at 17 East State Street in Trenton, New Jersey. The front of the card features an illustration of a building labeled "The Pharos Watch Tower." The architectural style and decorative elements suggest a late 19th-century commercial building. The imagery may be allegorical, symbolizing the business's reliability or its status as a landmark within the community. The back of the card is blank.

Associated People/Businesses

• C. I. Baumgartner (Firm)
• Baumgartner, C. I. / Greene, T. B.

Geography

• Trenton

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Advertising cards
• Jewish merchants
• Dry Goods

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 17, Page 46