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Christmas Greeting, Edward Ridley & Sons Department Store, New York City, 1880


Edward Ridley & Sons, a New York City department store, printed this trade card for customers during the holiday season in 1880, and the store also took out newspaper ads to offer its "annual greeting."
The other side of the trade card is a wintertime illustration of a little girl holding some toys as she stands in the snow. This side (above) features the store's Christmas greeting:
32nd Annual Greeting
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Toys, Dolls, and Holiday Presents.
Edw. Ridley & Sons
309, 311, 311½ Grand St.
59 Orchard St.
58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70 Allen St.
New York
The following excerpt from the store's advertisement in the New York Herald on December 5, 1880, provides additional details about its holiday sales:
Thirty-second Annual Greeting
Santa Claus' New Building. Opening Monday, December 6.
First Floor—Endless variety toys, dolls, hobby horses. Also china, glass ware, &c.
Second Floor--Work boxes, writing desks, Japanese varieties, &c., &c.
Tuesday, December 7. Third Floor—Dolls, dolls, dolls. And everything belonging to a doll.
Fourth Floor—Wednesday, December 8. Will contain toys of the very finest description….
Our new building gives 23,000 square feet. All devoted to toys. Come and see the toys and our methods.
Worsted embroideries, slipper patterns, brackets, &c. Photo and auto[graph] albums, in plush, Russia[n] leather and French calf bindings.
Handsome jewel and combination cases, pocketbooks, cigar cases, &c.
Prices below every other house—we warrant.

The other side of the trade card is a wintertime illustration of a little girl holding some toys as she stands in the snow. This side (above) features the store's Christmas greeting:
32nd Annual Greeting
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Toys, Dolls, and Holiday Presents.
Edw. Ridley & Sons
309, 311, 311½ Grand St.
59 Orchard St.
58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70 Allen St.
New York
The following excerpt from the store's advertisement in the New York Herald on December 5, 1880, provides additional details about its holiday sales:
Thirty-second Annual Greeting
Santa Claus' New Building. Opening Monday, December 6.
First Floor—Endless variety toys, dolls, hobby horses. Also china, glass ware, &c.
Second Floor--Work boxes, writing desks, Japanese varieties, &c., &c.
Tuesday, December 7. Third Floor—Dolls, dolls, dolls. And everything belonging to a doll.
Fourth Floor—Wednesday, December 8. Will contain toys of the very finest description….
Our new building gives 23,000 square feet. All devoted to toys. Come and see the toys and our methods.
Worsted embroideries, slipper patterns, brackets, &c. Photo and auto[graph] albums, in plush, Russia[n] leather and French calf bindings.
Handsome jewel and combination cases, pocketbooks, cigar cases, &c.
Prices below every other house—we warrant.

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