1880s New Orleans Grocer Trade Card Paul Bordenave Bourbon St Henry Beard

Offered here is an original late-19th-century illustrated advertising trade card for Paul Bordenave, Grocer, located at the corner of Bourbon & Peter Streets, New Orleans.

The card features a humorous chromolithographed illustration titled “The San Francisco Merchant,” depicting a wide-eyed cowboy figure with pistols. The artwork is credited to Henry Beard, a known humor illustrator whose trade card designs are actively collected.