About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0154
  • TitleThe Broadway Tailor...latest novelties for fall and winter.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for the Broadway Tailor. Front of card: red and white illustration of jug with flowers, statue of man playing lute, goblet, jar, landscape postcard and paper fan with decorative border and text: The Broadway Tailor...latest novelties for fall and winter. Back of card is blank. Business address: 515 Fulton Street, between Bridge and Duffield Streets, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1883?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.75 x 4.25 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographstrade cards
  • Biographical NoteThe Fulton Street Trade Card Collection consists of 245 late 19th and early 20th century illustrated trade cards, all emanating from businesses in Brooklyn's historic commercial thoroughfare. The cards combine humor, bright and elegant graphic design and typography to promote a wide variety of wares and services.
  • CreatorThe Broadway Tailor
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectTailors ; Clothing and dress ; Sewing ; Musical instruments ; Flowers
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.