This trade card from circa 1885 serves as an advertisement for the Star Clothing House, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The front of the card features a vibrant chromolithographic illustration depicting a hunting dog retrieving a duck from a reedy marsh. Overlaid on this image, text in an ornate Victorian-style script reads "Star Clothing House" and notes that its "Store Room covers 15,000 sq. ft." located in "Grand Rapids, Mich." The design and imagery are characteristic of late 19th-century advertising trade cards. The reverse side of the card is blank.
Subject: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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This trade card advertises Levi Bros., a clothing store in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The card is three-sided with two advertising sections. One side of the card features a store advertisement for a full line of clothing. The other side advertises hats, caps, and furnishings. [The back of the card is also filled with an advertisement.]