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One of the oldest tradecards.
Publicity for a hatshop in Antwerp, Belgium.
Tradecards were intended as collector's items.
In order not to throw them away, but rather collect them in books for example, series of tradecards with a single theme were published.
As the shop sells also scrafs and bonnets, the oriental dancer was a perfect theme for this kind of shop.