Edward R Rivers Shipping And Commission Merchant Mobile Ala Particular Attention Given To The

by Photograph And Business Card

$375 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Mobile, AL: The merchant, nd ca. 1860s . Business card, 2 1/8 x 3 ½ inches, several styles and sizes of type, glazed surface spotted . Mounted verso through corner slots: Tintype portrait of Rivers, 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 inches. Rivers is listed as a commission merchant in the 1859 Farrow Mobile city directory and as a Mobile resident in an 1869 directory. An uncommon combination for a Civil War-era business card. Item #70327

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