Trade Card - Roos Bro's, San Francisco, circa 1885

This colorful trade card for Roos Bro's, a clothing and furnishing goods store, features an illustration of two jovial, costumed figures (resembling elves or children) holding oversized French coins – one a 5 Francs coin dated 1874, and the other a 50 Centimes coin. The card advertises Men's, Boy's, and Children's Clothing, and Gent's Furnishing Goods. The main business is located at 35 & 37 Kearny Street SW cor. Post in San Francisco, with a branch house at 22 South C. Street in Virginia City, Nevada. The front of the card also includes the French slogan "UNE BELLE GROSSE CAISSE EN ARGENT" (A beautiful large silver chest) and ornate Victorian-style lettering for the business name.

Associated People/Businesses

• Adolphe Roos
• Hyppolite Roos
• Roos, Adolphe
• Roos, Hyppolite

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Trade cards
• Clothing
• Retail trade
• Advertising
• San Francisco
• Virginia City
• Jewish merchants
• 19th Century
• Children's clothing
• Furnishing goods
• Elves
• Coins
• Franco-American

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 23, Folder 9