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Trade Card for Joseph Jacobs, Clothier

This trade card is one of four in a set, advertising Joseph Jacobs, a clothier in Chatham, New York. The card features a comical scene. The illustration depicts a caricatured figure in a top hat, holding a bag of money. The back of the card is blank. [Joseph Jacobs operated a wholesale and retail clothing business in New York. He sold men's, youths', and boys' clothing, and gentlemen's furnishings. He also appears to have had a clothing manufacturing business.]

Associated People/Businesses

Joseph Jacobs (Firm)
JACOBS, JOSEPH

Geography

Chatham

Subjects

Clothing trade
Textile industry
Caricatures and cartoons
Antisemitism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 26, Page 2