About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0059
  • TitleYou are respectfully invited to attend our fall exhibition...Lang & Nau.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Lang & Nau. Front of card: color illustration of an interior with fireplace, armchairs, rugs, curtains, vases, easel with painting and dog and caption: Lang & Nau. In lower left corner: Sackett, Wilhelms & Betzig, Lith[ographers, NY.] Back of card: inset black and white illustration of birds in landscape and text with business information. Business address: Fulton Street, corner of Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See related card FULT_0062.
  • Date[1882-10-09]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4 x 5 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.
  • CreatorLang & Nau
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; House furnishings ; Furniture ; Living rooms ; Interiors ; Dogs
  • 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.