View of an advertising card for E.T. Adams & Co., depicting a shoe. Printed on front: Spring of 1885. Dear Sir: We invite your attention to our elegant spring stock of fine boots and shoes comprising all the latest and most popular styles, in all widths and sizes, from the leading and best manufacturers, in Button, Bal., Congress and Waukenphast. Perfect fitting shoes are a necessity and a luxury. We have them and will spare no effort to furnish satisfactory and reliable work to all who favor us with their patronage, while our princes will be found lower than competing hosues for the same class of goods. E.T. Adams & Co., 203 Woodward Ave. Equal to custom-made shoes. Alpine Printing Company."