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Trade Card: A. Goldsmith, General Merchandise, Eugene, OregonTrade Card: A. Goldsmith, General Merchandise, Eugene, Oregon

Trade card advertising the general merchandise business of A. Goldsmith in Eugene, Oregon. The card depicts a girl playing with a bug caught in a web. The reverse side displays a full advertisement for glassware, groceries, furs, hides, seeds, etc. The card is circa 1885. An obituary for Aaron Goldsmith is included in the archival description, noting his death in Eugene, Oregon in November 1915.

Trade Card: A. Goldsmith, General Merchandise, Eugene, OregonTrade Card: A. Goldsmith, General Merchandise, Eugene, Oregon

Trade card advertising the general merchandise business of A. Goldsmith in Eugene, Oregon. The card depicts a girl catching a whale and advertises glassware, groceries, furs, hides, and seeds. The reverse includes an obituary for Aaron Goldsmith, who died in Eugene, Oregon in November 1915. He was a pioneer merchant who emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine in 1843 and settled in Eugene in 1856.