About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0186
  • TitleAdam Craig, fancy grocer and wine merchant.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Adam Craig, grocer. Front of card: color illustration of child sitting on water lily pad among reeds and waterlilies using plant stalk to row on gold background. Back of card: black and white text: Fancy grocer, and wine merchant, butter, cheese, tea, flour, etc. Business address: 601 Fulton Street, 233 Grand Street, and 695 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.4 x 2.9 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.
  • CreatorAdam Craig
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectGrocers ; Nature ; Children ; Groceries ; Food ; Wine and wine making
  • 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.