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Trade card for Hart, Schaffner and Marx hand-tailored clothes at the Continental Clothing House, Boston, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-193991

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Description

This trade card is illustrated with two men in fine suits and a worker hauling bags away from a ship. The man in front wears a black suit and appears to have a peg leg.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
clothing stores
commercial buildings
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.05.01.052

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

Continental Clothing (Firm)

Subjects

Men's clothing
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Included in the Pilgrims, Patriots, and Products exhibit.

Description Level

Item

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