About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0093
  • TitleCrandall, the child's benefactor.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Crandall [toy store]. Front of card: color illustration of exterior farm scene with girl and chicken and black text with business information overlaid. Back of card: black and white text reading: $250 Reward! Will be paid to any person who will inform Crandall, the Child's Benefactor, who it is that is representing his name on the street. Crandall's only place of business is at the corner of Fulton and Pierrepont Streets. Business address: 324 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1877-1893?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.25 x 3 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.
  • CreatorCrandall
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectToy stores; Toys ; Children ; Girls ; Animals
  • 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.