About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0238
  • TitleKing's carpets & furniture.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for A.H. King Co. shaped and on front decorated like an artist's palette with multiple paint dabs and brushes in finger hole. Front of card: color illustration of girl in bonnet and dress holding umbrella that has blown inside out with snowy landscape in background and text: King's carpets and furniture. Back of card: black and white illustration of A.H. King Co.'s building and text: Go to King's for everything to furnish your house. Business address: Fulton Street & Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. FULT_0211 is a duplicate. See also FULT_0147 for similar design.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.5 x 3.4 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographsdie cuttingtrade 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.
  • CreatorA. H. King Co.
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Winter ; Painting ; Children ; Carpets ; Furniture
  • 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.