About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0219
  • TitleCall and examine Archer's champion refrigerators.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for A.H. Archer's. Front of card: color illustration of flower and butterfly in front of sign with business name and address and text: Call and examine Archer's champion refrigerators. Back of card: black text: Something worth knowing. The past year we have ground and repaired the following [each item followed by number in descending order]: scissors, pairs...carvers...knives...skates, pairs...pen knives...chopping knives...razors...saws...scrappers...mower blades...chisels...axes and hatchets...sickles. At A.H. Archer's. Business address: 1141 and 1143 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.6 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.
  • CreatorA.H. Archer's
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Flowers ; Animals ; Refrigerators ; Sharpening of tools ; Service industries
  • 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.