![Banner girl, 1880s](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2021-08/L2018-43-201.jpg?itok=v2-hbiOa)
Banner girl, 1880s
Rasmus Rothi and Peter H. Sanstrom, Imperial Studio, Seattle, Washington
Banner girl, 1880s
Albumen silver print
Robert E. Jackson Collection
Much like the costumed promoters who wave signs in front of businesses today, banner girls were seen outside a variety of shops in the late nineteenth century. The Golden Rule Bazaar likely commissioned this card as an additional way to publicize its operation.