A trade card for B. Posner, a Scranton, PA-based business located at 219 Penn Avenue opposite Baptist Church, offering "Second-Hand and New Clothing," "Ladies Dresses, Carpets, Boots and Shoes," and "ALL KINDS OF FURNISHING GOODS," advertising items as "SELLING VERY CHEAP." The card features bold, ornate lettering for the business name and product categories. The verso of the card features a colorful lithographic illustration for INTERNATIONAL BAKING POWDER, depicting three children in a grassy field; one boy sits playing a horn, while another boy and a girl are dancing. The baking powder is manufactured by Queen City Chemical Company.
Subject: Scranton, PA
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This record contains two trade cards for Rose the Hatter, located at 223 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pennsylvania. The cards likely date to around 1885. One card (Image 1) depicts a comical man holding an advertising board. The other card (Image 2) is NOT ENOUGH INFO. The backs of both cards are blank. [Note: The donor indicates that “Rose the Hatter” may have been a shared business with the Rosenberg brothers.]