About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0230
  • TitleFulton Butter Mart, finest butter, richest cheese, and freshest eggs.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Fulton Butter Mart. Front of card: color illustration of man with glasses, pipe, and quill pen behind ear looking at an owl and text: Finest butter, H.W. Schluer, Prop., richest cheese and freshest eggs. Back of card: partially obscured handwritten pencil text. Business address: 1603 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. Similar design as FULT_0225.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2 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.
  • CreatorFulton Butter Mart
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectGrocers ; Men ; Birds ; Groceries ; Food ; Grocery trade
  • 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.