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Subject: Ottawa (Ill.)

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Trade Card - A. Frank & Co., The Clothiers, Ottawa, ILTrade Card - A. Frank & Co., The Clothiers, Ottawa, IL

This colorful trade card advertises A. Frank & Co., The Clothiers, located in Ottawa, Illinois, specializing in men's and boy's clothing. The card encourages potential customers to "save money" by purchasing from their establishment. The visual features a comical caricature of a man with an exaggerated head, possibly a shopkeeper, wearing a blue bandana, a yellow jacket, and a blue apron. He is depicted picking his nose while holding a small box and leaning on a broom, rendered in a style typical of late 19th-century advertising.