About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0078
  • TitleCompliments of James Duckworth & Son, confectioners.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for James Duckworth & Son in the shape of an open paper fan. Front of card: color illustration of woman reclining amid plants and holding paper fan with business information overlaid in black text. Back of card: black and white text reading in part: James Duckworth & Son's inimitable confections...agent for Stephen F. Whitman & Son's Philadelphia confections, visit Duckworth's, when shopping, for a glass of their famous ice cream soda water. Business address: 301 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Dateunknown
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3.25 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.
  • CreatorJames Duckworth & Son's Inimitable Confections
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectConfectioners ; Ice cream, ices, etc. ; Desserts ; Women ; Painted fans
  • 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.