About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0240
  • TitleCompliments of S. Wechsler & Bro.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for S. Wechsler & Bro. shaped and illustrated in color as a cornucopia horn filled with flowers including pansies, ribbon handle, and inset card with business name and address and text: Compliments of. Back of card: Publisher's stamp in blue with star shape and text: Donaldson Brothers, New York. Business address: 293 & 295 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 10.8 x 6.5 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographsdie cuttingtrade 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.
  • CreatorS. Wechsler & Bro.
  • PublisherDonaldson Brothers, New York.
  • SubjectDepartment stores ; Flowers ; Cornucopias ; Clothing and dress ; Dry-goods
  • 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.