About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0131
  • TitleJ.E. Murray & Co. fine furniture, carpet, bedding, stoves and everything for housekeeping.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for J.E. Murray & Co. Front of card: color illustration of rose plant with bee and text: J.E. Murray & Co. fine furniture, carpet, bedding, stoves and everything for housekeeping. The best and cheapest place to buy in Brooklyn. Cash or time. Back of card is blank. Business address: 470 & 472 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1881-1894?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.4 x 2 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.
  • CreatorJ.E. Murray & Co.
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Furniture ; Carpets ; House furnishings ; Bedding ; 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.