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Trade Card: Excelsior Clothing, Shoe, and Tailoring Co., East Saginaw, Michigan

This trade card advertises the Excelsior Clothing, Shoe, and Tailoring Co. in East Saginaw, Michigan. The front of the card depicts a comical scene of a man having his hat shot off by an arrow. The back of the card is blank. [The manager and part owner, Moses Kerngood, moved to Michigan from Syracuse, New York, to run the store in 1871. His partner and father-in-law, B.F. Rosenthal, owned a clothing manufacturing establishment in Syracuse. By 1890, the store was owned by Samuel Folz, the Jewish mayor of Kalamazoo.]

Associated People/Businesses

Excelsior Clothing, Shoe, and Tailoring Co.
Kerngood. Moses / Rosenthal, B.F. / Folz, Sam

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

Clothing trade
Jewish merchants
Advertising cards
Advertising

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 47