SummaryAdvertising card for Hope Safety Oil. Front of card: black and white illustration of interior of schoolroom with student talking to teacher at front desk with benches, chalkboard and map behind and caption: Both puzzled. Back of card: black and white text: Buy the Hope Safety Oil, no smoke, no smell, put up expressly for family use and especially adapted to student lamps. Orders by postal card promptly attended to. Lamps, chandeliers, brackets, chimneys, trimmings &c. Business address: 636 Fulton Street, near Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY. See also related card FULT_0193.
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.