About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0058
  • TitleThe cheapest shoe store in the city for price and quality! F. Musson & Co.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for F. Musson & Co., shoe store. Front of card: color illustration of child with whip riding in shoe on platform being pulled by dogs and inset text with business information. Back of card (not scanned): black ink stamp with same text from front of card. Business address: 195 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1892?]
  • 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.
  • CreatorF. Musson & Co.
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectShoe stores ; Shoes ; Clothing and dress ; Boots ; Children ; Dogs
  • 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.