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Trade Card for L. Rosenbaum & Sons, Dry Goods Merchants
This is one of a set of four trade cards advertising L. Rosenbaum & Sons, a dry goods store located at 201 E. Water St., Elmira, New York. The card features a comical illustration of a school boy, depicted as a dunce, with the caption 'I Never Saw That Pin Afore'. The illustration is a racist caricature, and the boy is shown with exaggerated features and dark skin. The card is printed in black and white, and has a red border. The front of the card has the business name and address. The back of the card is blank.
Associated People/Businesses
- L. Rosenbaum & Sons
- ROSENBAUM , L. & SONS
Geography
Subjects
- Clothing trade
- Textile industry
- Jewish merchants
- Advertising cards
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Racism against Black people
- Dry Goods
Physical Location
Arc.MS.56, Volume 26, Page 18