Anyone familiar with this Ruth card

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Having seen a lot of old NYC ephemera, my first impression was that a Brooklyn coupon would likely say Brooklyn, not Brooklyn NY. If you look at Brooklyn studio cabinet cards, the photographer's address is in 'Brooklyn' without the NY. This likely was because the studio was used by locals, just as the coupon would be used by locals. Whether the customer was coming from Brooklyn or Manhattan, they didn't need to be told which state Brooklyn was in. As a Seattle resident, a local restaurant coupon doesn't have to remind me that they mean Seattle WA, as opposed to the Seattle in Georgia. Besides, most people in Georgia probably know that Seattle is in Washington and Brooklyn in New York.