Business card used by J.O. Simmons "General Dealer in Plantation Supplies"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: J. O. Simmons
notes: label: Description
content: Business card used by J.O. Simmons. The card is white with black printed text. The text reads [J.O. Simmons, / General Dealer In / Plantation Supplies. / ORDERS FORWARDED TO MY ADDRESS, / No. 88 North Second Street, St. Louis, Mo., / Will meet with prompt attention. / My PERSONAL attention will be given to the purchase of Hay and / Corn from the PRODUCERS. / Terms Cash with ten per cent commission on cost of supplies delivered at / any of the regular steamboat landings on the Mississippi river / between St. Louis and Vicksburg, / Supplies delivered on receipt of payment at the landing.] Handwritten in graphite on the back of the card in the bottom right corner is [1083].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.251.6
objectType: label: Type
content: money
label: Type
content: business cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.5 × 8.5 cm)