Mrs. A. G. Tower Dressmaking Trade Card
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Scope and Contents
The collection contains Mrs. A. G. Tower's trade card advertising her dressmaking business in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1880
Creator
- Tower, A. G., Mrs. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Mrs. A. G. Tower was a dressmaker in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, around the turn of the twentieth century.
Trade cards, similar to the visiting cards exchanged in social circles, were distributed by businesses to clients and potential customers. These functioned as advertisements and even as maps for businesses. The "trade" in trade card originally referred to the line of work the business proprietor was engaged in.
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, dressmaker's trade card
Provenance
purchased from Bartleby's Books, 2014
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2014
Source
- Bartleby's Books (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Mrs. A. G. Tower Dressmaking Trade Card
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- September 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository