Trade card - The People's Store, Cobleskill, NY, circa 1885

This trade card for "The People's Store," operated by Virgil H. Cohn in Cobleskill, NY, circa 1885, advertises a range of clothing items and services. The verso details "Ladies Cloaks and Cloaking" in "endless variety," promoting "Styles Elegant, Prices Very Low, Fabrics Superior." It also highlights "Black Cashmeres AND Black Silks" as a specialty and mentions a "prominent" Merchant Tailoring Department with an "Artistic Cutter." The text is presented in ornate Victorian-style typography. The recto features a color illustration of a young girl with long, curly hair, wearing a green wide-brimmed hat adorned with a peacock feather and a blue-striped scarf. 3.

Associated People/Businesses

• Virgil H. Cohn (Proprietor)
• Cohn, Virgil H.

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Clothing
• Retail trade
• Women's fashion
• Advertising
• 19th Century
• Cobleskill, NY
• Trade cards
• Lithography
• Children in advertising

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 20, Folder 11