Original c.1870 Forbes, Richardson & Co. business and advertising trade card from Boston, Massachusetts, promoting the firm's wholesale trade in hoop skirts, hosiery, gloves, yarns, and small wares. Located at Summer Street at the corner of Chauncy Street, Forbes, Richardson & Co. is documented in surviving Boston commercial material from the late 1860s and early 1870s, making this an appealing piece of early Victorian fashion, textile, and Boston business ephemera.