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Postcard showing employees of Swiss Cleaners and Dyers, Lousivlle
Postcard"
Clothes Make the Man a Winner" / When your clothes are cleaned and pressed by the Swiss Cleaners and Dyers, 717-4th Avenue. - Opposite Mary Anderson theatre - both Phones 2207
Published by Photograph Co., Chicago
Postmarked September 14, 1908
Item/Collection Note: The first private (not government issued) postal cards in the U. S. were copyrighted by J. P. Charlton for use in advertising. Today companies continue to use post cards to tout their wares and services. On this card the Louisville company advertised "both phones 2207", referring to the Louisville Home Telephone Company and rival Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.





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