About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0217
  • TitleC.H. Davidson, baker and confectioner.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for C.H. Davidson, baker and confectioner. Front of card: color illustration of flowers including violets and lily of the valley, surrounding a card with business name and address and text: Cakes iced and ornamented to order for the holidays. Back of card is blank. Business address: 975 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also related card FULT_0218.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.6 x 4.25 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.
  • CreatorC.H. Davidson
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectConfectioners ; Flowers ; Confectionery ; Bakers and bakeries ; Baked products ; Baking
  • 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.