Photograph of Woman Holding "Ambrosius & Sons" Sign

boots, Collinsville, culture, hats

“Photograph of Woman Holding "Ambrosius & Sons" Sign,” Madison Historical, accessed October 9, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2414.

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This photograph shows a woman wearing a top hat and a long skirt with several pairs of boots attached. She is standing outside and holding up a sign for Ambrosius & Sons, a store in Collinsville, Illinois.

• SIUE Archives

Godfrey Photograph Collection

• culture
• Collinsville

Unknown

English

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

4 x 6 [inches]

• Collinsville, IL
• 1890s

• GodfreyPhoto-P-027