Trade Card for Morgenthau Bros. & Co.

This trade card advertises Morgenthau Bros. & Co. located at the corner of State and Monroe Streets in Chicago. The front of the card depicts children on a beach, writing in the sand with a stick. The illustration is rendered in a stylized, almost cartoon-like manner. The back of the card advertises ties, fichues, collars, and cuffs. [Morgenthau Bros. & Co. was founded in 1885 by brothers Siegmund Morgenthau and Hermann Morgenthau, who came to Chicago from Germany in the 1860s. They opened a clothing store on State Street, and expanded their business in the 1880s to include wholesale and retail trade of dress accessories.]

Associated People/Businesses

• Morgenthau Bros. & Co.
• MORGENTHAU BROS. & CO.

Geography

• Chicago

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Textile industry
• Dress accessories
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 10, Page 13