Trade card for the Palais Royal, fancy goods, 1117 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 1879

Item Information

Title:
Trade card for the Palais Royal, fancy goods, 1117 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 1879
Description:
The card verso advertises the opening of holiday goods, December 1-3, 1879. Fans, dolls, gloves, jewelry, hosiery and gentlemen's furnishings are offered. A water bird looks at a dragonfly in the card illustration. Abram Lisner is the store owner.
Owner:
Lisner, Abram, 1855-1938
Date:
1879
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Ephemera
Genre:
trade cards
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
EP001: Ephemera collection
Subjects:
advertising
business (commercial function)
department stores (buildings)
holidays
Dry-goods
Birds
Water birds
Places:
District of Columbia > Washington
Extent:
1 trade card : color illustration; 8 x 3 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/308395
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
308395
Call #:
EP001.01.031.01.04.034