About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0143
  • TitleHunter's Invisible [P. Jackson's].
  • SummaryAdvertising card for P. Jackson's Botanic Drug Store. Front of card: color illustration of roses and butterfly with text: Hunter's Invisible, trade mark pure quince, bandoline powder, 10 cts per packet. Makes half a pint of elegant bandoline. Beware of imitations. Back of card: black text reading in part: The blemishes of nature hidden by the witchery of art!! Hunter's Invisible, the best beautifying cosmetic in existence!! Prepared from R.M. Hunter's original formula...for sale at P. Jackson's botanic drug store. Business address: 511 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1878-1886?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.5 x 4 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.
  • CreatorP. Jackson's Botanic Drug Store
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectPharmacists ; Cosmetics ; Herbal cosmetics ; Beauty, personal ; Flowers; Butterflies
  • 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.