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Trade Card - Dryfoos, Bach & Co., Fremont, O., circa 1885Trade Card - Dryfoos, Bach & Co., Fremont, O., circa 1885

This trade card serves as a compliment from Dryfoos, Bach & Co., One-Price Clothiers located opposite the First National Bank in Fremont, Ohio. The front of the card features a colorful lithographic illustration depicting a serene pastoral scene with a house, a pond with two ducks, a woman walking a dog, and various trees and foliage. The reverse side presents the business's information in ornate Victorian-style lettering. The card also contains a handwritten notation "Mrs. H. Sawyer." 3.

Trade card - Weichselbaum & Schwamenfeld, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1885Trade card - Weichselbaum & Schwamenfeld, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1885

This trade card advertises Weichselbaum & Schwamenfeld, manufacturers of quilts and jobbers in dry goods, notions, trimmings, and ladies' and gent's furnishing goods, with auction goods as a specialty. The business was located at 548 North Second Street, below Green, in Philadelphia. The front of the card features a colorful pastoral scene depicting a man in a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road beside a body of water at sunset or sunrise, with a tree and lush foliage. The verso displays the company's full advertisement, utilizing various decorative Victorian-style fonts for emphasis on different product categories.

Trade Card for J.S. BlockTrade Card for J.S. Block

The front of this trade card advertises the business of J.S. Block. The card depicts a pastoral scene with a house and surrounding trees. The background is a blue sky with white clouds. The text on the card is an announcement of a marriage between a Jewish woman and a Jewish man. The back of the card is blank.