About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0204
  • TitleWith compliments of the Hill Hat Emporium.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Hill Hat Emporium. Front of card: color illustration of Asian man with fan balancing on trapeze or flag pole and bamboo shoot and abstract design in background. Back of card is blank. Business address: 715 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.5 x 4.1 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.
  • CreatorHill Hat Emporium
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Plants ; Men ; Hats ; Clothing and dress ; Millinery
  • 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.