Trade Card: Union Clothing House, Daniel Epstein, Reading, Pennsylvania

This trade card advertises the Union Clothing House owned by Daniel Epstein. The front of the card features a whimsical illustration of birds comically trying on shoes. The style of the illustration suggests a late 19th-century aesthetic. The back of the card contains the full advertisement for the Union Clothing House, located at 816 Penn Street, below the Farmers Market, in Reading, Pennsylvania. The back of the card also includes the address. [The provided text also includes a newspaper clipping about the death of Mrs. Julia Epstein, widow of Captain Daniel Epstein, a Civil War veteran. The Abe Golden Post, 170, Jewish War Veterans of the United States, honored Captain Daniel Epstein at Mt. Sinai Cemetery in 1938.]

Associated People/Businesses

• Daniel Epstein (Firm)
• EPSTEIN, DANIEL

Geography

• Reading

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Jewish merchants
• Advertising cards
• Birds in art

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 41, Page 5