About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0039
  • TitleBuy the universal wringer [William Wallis, house furnishing goods].
  • SummaryAdvertising card for William Wallis house furnishing goods. Front of card: sepia illustrattion of woman painting at easel outdoors with umbrella and man beside her and text above reading: Buy the universal wringer. Back of card: black and white illustration of wringer with text: Rolls of solid white rubber, Rowell's double cog-wheels...William Wallis, house furnishing goods, stoves, ranges, furnaces, &c. crockery & glass ware, tin roofing, galvanized iron cornices. Business address: 169 Fulton Street, opposite Cranberry, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1883?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : sepia ; 2.8 x 4.3 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardstrade 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.
  • CreatorWilliam Wallis
  • PublisherTuttle N.Y.
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; House furnishings ; Laundry machinery ; Women ; Men ; Painting
  • 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.