About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0025
  • Title"The Alden fruit vinegar, ..." Alsgood, Rasch & Co.
  • SummaryAdvertising card in the shape of a fan for Alsgood, Rasch & Co., importers and wholesale grocers. Front of card: color illustration of girl in hat sitting on fence holding flower and inset text advertising Alden fruit vinegar. Back of card: Black and white text with business information and text above reading: The Alden fruit vinegar, absolutely pure, uniform in strength, always keeps pickles. Business address: 66 & 68 Fulton Street, corner of Hicks, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1877?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4 x 3.5 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.
  • CreatorAlsgood, Rasch & Co.
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectGrocers ; Groceries ; Food ; Vinegar ; Girls
  • 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.