About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0015
  • TitleTurnbull's hats are the best.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Turnbull's hats. Front of card: black and white illustration of an African American man with head coming through sheet of paper with advertising text and blue background. Back of card is blank. Business address: 39 & 41 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1869-1887?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.5 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.
  • CreatorTurnbull
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Hats ; Clothing and dress ; Men ; African Americans ; Caricatures
  • 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.