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Trade Card: David Rose, Umbrellas, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

This trade card, advertising David Rose's umbrella shop, features a comical illustration. The front of the card shows a caricature, possibly intended to be humorous but containing racist imagery of a Black person. The text on the front reads "SCOOT BROTHER SCOOT!!" and provides the business address: 39 SOUTH QUEEN STREET. The back of the card is a business directory, listing J. Ostheim.

Associated People/Businesses

David Rose (Firm)
OSTHEIM, J.

Geography

Lancaster

Subjects

Umbrellas
Jewish merchants
Advertising cards
Caricatures and cartoons
Racism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 39, Page 46