About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0146
  • TitleJohn P. Ames, dealer in American crystaline.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for John P. Ames. Front of card: color illustration of winter scene with figure pulling child on sled in snow and inset text: John P. Ames, dealer in American crystaline and other ready mixed paints...all painters' materials. Back of card is blank. Business address: 11 Sumpter St. junction Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2 x 3.5 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.
  • CreatorJohn P. Ames
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Crystalline glazes ; Paint ; Winter ; Children ; Sledding
  • 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.