William Bliss Store and Shopkeepers, "We Belong to the Working Class," RPPC, 1906 unusual whimsy The hinges of the cigarette

The hinges of the cigarette box are well attached but show some tearing along the back and the lid sits at a slight angle

the Ace of Clubs featuring a 1890 tax stamp

This is the third cigar silk quilt I've had in the shop

so as to easily prop it somewhere

On the top

William Bliss Store and Shopkeepers, "We Belong to the Working Class," RPPC, 1906 unusual whimsy The hinges of the cigaretteSuch a special one, I think! Hard to know which of this proud shopkeepers of William Bliss scrawled the note at the bottom of the front of this real photo postcard from 1906, but what a wonderful proclamation, and how poised and ready for business these six look! I tried searching for records of a William Bliss store in Whitman, MA, where it seems this postcard originated, but while I found many families with the name of Bliss in these parts, I didn't