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Title
Identification Card compliments Union Clothing Co [inscribed]
Date Created and/or Issued
1870/1906
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Publication Information
Albany, N.Y
Union Clothing Co
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Front of card shows a horse and buggy accident. Two people are thrown from the buggy and people on the street are rushing to help. The man in the forefront of the image is one thrown from the buggy and a woman is taking his identification card out of his jacket pocket. The center pages of brochure is the identification card that the union member fills out. The back of the card is an advertisement for the union.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
Everybody should carry a card about their person, giving their name and address, and stating whom they desire to have notified in case of any serious accident...Knowing how easy it is to forget the sizes of one's wearing apparel, and how annoying to have to guess or be measured every time Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, etc., etc., are required, and desiring to make this card valuable for future reference, the following list is compiled...
Type

Identifier
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
ark:/21198/zz0002hdjz
Language
English
Subject
Clothing industry
Traffic accidents
Horses
Labor unions
Source
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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