About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0092
  • TitleIndustrial Insurance, branch office.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for the Industrial Insurance branch office of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Wm. P. Selkirk, Supt. Front of card: color illustration of two children in classical costume with shield that reads: Metropolitan Life Insurance. Branch office information in top left. Back of card: black and white text detailing offerings of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Business address: 371 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.5 x 3.1 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.
  • CreatorMetropolitan Life Insurance
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectInsurance companies ; Insurance agents ; Insurance, Life ; Children
  • 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.