Trade Card for Solomon Levi, Clothing and Furnishing Merchant

This trade card advertises Solomon Levi, a clothing and furnishing merchant located at 652 Penn Street, Reading, Pennsylvania. The front of the card features a colorful illustration of three kittens nestled inside a woven trunk. [Solomon Levi was buried in the Jewish Cemetery. His first wife, Amelia née Sundheim, died on September 25, 1880, at the age of 32. She was buried at the Hebrew Cemetery on Neversink Mountain in Reading. She was survived by Solomon, a son about 9 years old, and a daughter about 6 years old. The 1880 census shows that Hannah Sondheim was the sister of Amelia Sondheim Levi. After Amelia's death, Hannah married her widowed brother-in-law, Solomon. Hannah and Solomon had one son, Abraham, in 1886.] The back of the card provides a full advertisement and price list.

Associated People/Businesses

• Solomon Levi
• LEVI, SOL.

Geography

• Reading

Subjects

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

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 41, Page 8