About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0220
  • Title"All-rail coal." Bacon & Company, wholesale and retail coal dealers.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Bacon & Company. Front of card: black text listing address of main office and multiple yards and red text: All-rail coal and black text: Wholesale and retail coal dealers, special quality of coal for steam purposes. Telephone, 1000 Bushwick; Flatbush Yard, tel. 534 Flatbush. Back of card (not scanned): handwritten notes in pencil. Main office address: Reid and Dekalb Avenues. Yard addresses: Reid Ave, cor. Dekalb Ave; 1178 to 1182 Fulton St., near Bedford Ave.; 142-146 Cumberland St., near Myrtle Ave.; Madison St., near Sumner Ave.; Lexington Ave., near Franklin; Sumner Ave., cor. Kosciusko St.; Flatbush Ave., Near Malbone St.; Madison St., near Sumner Ave., Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3.5 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.
  • CreatorBacon & Company
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectCoal trade ; Coal ; Fuel ; Fossil fuels ; Steam ; Railroads
  • 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.