About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0129
  • TitleBosworth & Coyte, choice confections.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Bosworth & Coyte. Front of card: color illustration of robin on a bird house in a tree and overlaid text with business information and text: Bon-bons and caramels a specialty. Back of card is blank. Business address: 451 Fulton Street, near Jay 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.
  • CreatorBosworth & Coyte
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectConfectioners ; Confectionery ; Candy ; Desserts ; Birds ; Birdhouses
  • 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.