About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0165
  • TitleA birthday gift, Campbell & Creighton.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for the Columbia [Columbia Tea & Coffee Store]. Front of card: color illustration of single pink rose with text: A birthday gift, Campbell & Creighton. Back of card: black text reading in part: No Christmas table complete without Campbell & Creighton's celebrated "number one" java coffee. Best coffee on the globe, 25cts per pound. Business address: 549 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also related card FULT_0158.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3 x 5.5 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.
  • CreatorThe Columbia [Columbia Tea & Coffee Store]
  • PublisherCadwell Lith. Co. NY., E.G. Rideout & Co. NY.
  • SubjectGrocers ; Groceries ; Coffee roasting industry ; Tea ; Flowers
  • 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.