About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0045
  • TitleCosmopolitan emporium of fashions [Samuel Joseph].
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Samuel Joseph. Front of card: color illustration of flowers on black background with inset text reading: Cosmopolitan emporium of fashions, Mme. Demorest maison de patrons, haute, nouveaute, Paris London New York. Back of card: black and white text reading in part: Important to ladies, side plaiting done by the latest improved machines...agency for Mme. Demorest's reliable patterns. Pencil text at top: Bertha. Business address: 202 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1876?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3 x 4.6 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.
  • CreatorSamuel Joseph
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Clothing and dress ; Dressmaking - Patterns ; Sewing machines ; 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.