Yokohama n.d., ca.1895, Stix, Baer & Fuller. A single sheet cryptomera [balsa wood] backed paper, with hand-colored photograph printed on the front, 22.5 x 18 cm., folded twice in the form of a letter to customers, very good.OBSCURE ITEM This is a unique piece of ephemera. Stix, Baer & Fuller were an American firm sometimes called "Stix" or SBF or the Grand Leader, was an aggressive department store chain in St. Louis, Missouri. The also had store branches in Yokohama, Kobe Shanghai, Canton, Manila and Hong Kong. They imported and handled goods from China, French Indo-China, including ceramics, embroideries [old and new], art ware, antiques, hand made items, garments, baby clothes and displayed them in all stores. * The current item is a lovely Japanese made item. It is a very think sheet of cryptomeria or balsa wood, backed with paper, then the front was printed with a letter in English to clients, introducing goods for sale. * The letter has a very unique photograph of three Japanese