Trade card for John S. Tripp, Jr., Tailor

trade card

EPHEMERA
Farmer, Livermore & Co.
USA, RI, Providence
before 1881
paper
overall: 5-3/8 x 3-1/4 in.

Trade card; John S. Tripp, Jr., Tailor; black and white on pale pink card; background is branch with leaves and flowers, superimposed over this is maritime vignette of a three-masted steamship underway in rough seas; printed on front "JOHN S. TRIPP, JR.,/ TAILOR.", "242", "FARMER LIVERMORE & CO., PROV. R.I." and "Copyrighted."; printed on back "FALL CIRCULAR, 1881./ I HAVE IMPORTED DIRECT FOR/ THE COMING SEASONS A LARGE/ LINE OF THE FINEST SUITINGS,/ TROUSERINGS AND OVERCOATINGS/ IN/ SINGLE PATTERNS,/ WHICH ARE SPECIAL DESIGNS NOT/ TO BE FOUND ELSEWHERE./ JOHN S. TRIPP, JR."

2005.7.4