Advertising card for the Sorosis Shoe Co. showing an assortment of images illustrating "Colonial Days in New England" including a woman doing needlework identified as "Tambour Work," couples riding through the snow on horses "to a wedding," men sitting by a fireplace smoking pipes together, and a ship identified as "The Mayflower" sailing on choppy seas. Front lower right corner of card says: "Copyright, 1905, by A. E. Little & Co., makers of Sorosis Shoes, Lynn, Mass. U. S. A." Back of card has image of a foot in a woman's shoe and says: "The Sorosis Shoe manufacturers are the only shoemakers in the world that make all their lasts and patters: fact. Sorosis Shoes for Women, for Men, for Boys, for Girls, and for Infants have style and durability; and they are to be depended upon to keep the feet that wear them very shapely and also entirely comfortable. Sorosis Trade Mark.." Address stamped on back of card: 1012 Grand Ave.
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