Business card used by J.O. Simmons "General Dealer in Plantation Supplies": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1850
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Used by: J. O. Simmons
• Type: money
• Type: business cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.5 × 8.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Agriculture
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Commerce
• Topic: Domestic slave trade
• Topic: Slavery
• Object number: 2014.251.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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