About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0099
  • Title"Clear the Track!" Boston Store.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Boston Store [clothing]. Front of card: color illustration of a winter scene of people on sled sliding down snowy hill with dog alongside and caption: Clear the track! Business information in black text underneath. Back of card: black text reading in part: Shawls...jackets...children's hoods...cloaks. Business address: 366 Fulton Street, near Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1878-1884?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.75 x 4.5 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.
  • CreatorBoston Store
  • PublisherBufford Boston
  • SubjectClothing stores ; Clothing and dress ; Winter ; Sledding ; 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.