Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: clothing stores

"Roberts & Co., leading clothiers, 'glass front,' 797 Broad St., Newark, N.J. Copyright 1883 by J. H. Bufford's Sons." A winged Cupid, who's wearing a shirt but no pants, waits patiently as two women use needles and thread to mend a gigantic pair of pants. Although pants seem to be an appropriate item to feature in an advertising trade card for a clothing store like Roberts & Co. (whose glass store front was apparently a selling point), I'm not sure why they're so huge or how Cupid is going to wear them. Perhaps this is just a silly scene intended to amuse the children who would paste cards like this in their scrapbooks in the late nineteenth century.

Caption on front: "Labor Day, Cumberland, Md." Printed on back: "C. E. Gerkins, Cumberland, Md." A real photo postcard of men marching in a Labor Day parade along Baltimore Street in Cumberland, Maryland, circa 1900s or 1910s. The sign for "J. Gross, " a clothing store with an address of 169 Baltimore Street, is visible on the building at left, and a close examination of an enlargement of the photo reveals that "The Kenneweg Co., Wholesale Grocers" occupied the building on the right. The steeple that's visible at the far end of the street belongs to the historic Emmanuel Episcopal Church , which--as Wikipedia points out--was "built on the foundations of Fort Cumberland, where George Washington began his military career."

"Don't forget to call at headquarters for overcoats, Leinbach & Bro., Cor, 8th and Penn Streets, [Reading, Pa.]."

"Jonas Lauer, the clothier & gents' furnisher, 321 Lackawanna Ave., 321 Centre St., Scranton, Pa." Other similar Jonas Lauer trade cards feature an alligator , a dog , and an elephant .

"Compliments of Jonas Lauer, the clothier, 321 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa." Other similar Jonas Lauer trade cards feature a dog , an elephant , and a goat .

"Compliments of Jonas Lauer, the clothier, 321 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa." Other similar Jonas Lauer trade cards feature an an alligator , a dog , and a goat .

"Compliments of Jonas Lauer, the clothier, 321 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa." Other similar Jonas Lauer trade cards feature an alligator , an elephant , and a goat .

"Christmas 1918--Just to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and that 'Old Santa' will bring you lots of nice gifts is my earnest wish. Mary Elizabeth Doutrich." Mary Elizabeth Doutrich was the daughter of I. H. Doutrich, proprietor of a popular men's clothing store located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

"Compliments of S. Kronenberg's Sons, clothing, 6-8 S. Hanover St., Carlisle, Pa. A bit of gossip. Copyright, 1911, R. Hill. January 1913."

J. Kohn, the leading clothier and hatter, corner First and Morrison Sts., Portland, Oregon.