Trade Card - Hy. Loewenstein - The Jeweler, St. Louis, Missouri, Circa 1885

This trade card for Hy. Loewenstein, The Jeweler, located at 1230 S. Broadway (near the French Market) in St. Louis, Missouri, advertises their services. The business is presented as the only jewelry manufacturer south of Market Street where jewelry is made while you wait. They also pay the highest cash price for old gold and silver, and can work them into desired articles. Services include sales of diamonds, watches, clocks, jewelry, and silverware, as well as fine watch repairing and free jewelry cleaning. The front of the card features a decorative rebus puzzle that reads "A key = music note to Fortune. Strike the iron while it is hot!", with ornate, stylized lettering in red and gold, enclosed by a red border. 3.

Associated People/Businesses

• Hy. Loewenstein
• Loewenstein, Hy.

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Jewelry
• Retail trade
• Watchmaking
• Silversmithing
• Advertising
• Trade cards
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Puzzles
• Rebus
• Victorian Era

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 23, Folder 9