About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0128
  • TitleCompliments of Nicoll the tailor.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Nicoll the tailor. Front of card: color illustration of man rowing boat in lake with ducks and two men on shore with fishing rods, overlaid with black text: Compliments of Nicoll the tailor. Back of card: black text reading in part: Nicoll the tailor, spring and summer styles now ready...pants...suits...overcoats...call and inspect our stock befoe making spring purchases, samples and rules for self-measurement sent by mail. Business address: 482 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1878-1882?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.6 x 3.2 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.
  • CreatorNicoll the tailor
  • PublisherChas. Shield's Son's
  • SubjectTailors ; Clothing and dress ; Sewing ; Boating and boats ; Ducks ; Fishing
  • 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.