About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0168
  • TitleOliver Johnston, grocer.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Oliver Johnston. Front of card: color illustration of child in highchair pouring from a decanter into a glass with gold background and business name overlaid. Back of card: black text reading in part: Goods sold for cash only. Oliver Johnston, wholesale and retail grocer and tea dealer. Agent for Commins & Allen's Flour. Business address: 555 Fulton Street and 10 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. See also related card FULT_0170.
  • Date[1880-1885?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.3 x 2.9 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.
  • CreatorOliver Johnston
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectGrocers ; Groceries; Food ; Tea ; Children; Drinking glasses
  • 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.