About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0072
  • TitlePresented by E.D. Burt & Co.: Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for the sale of Edwin C. Burt fine shoes at E.D. Burt & Co. Front of card: color illustration of bird and birdhouse in tree and text: Presented by E.D. Burt & Co., Edwin C. Burt fine shoes. Back of card: black and white calendar and text reading: E.D. Burt & Co., dealers in boots and shoes of every description, are special agents for the sale of my goods in Brooklyn, Edwin C. Burt, New York...Burt's calendar for 1881...caution, please note: genuine goods of Edwin C. Burt's make have his name stamped in full on lining and sole of each shoe and are warranted. BUsiness address: 287 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date1881
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3 x 4.6 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardscalendars (documents)chromolithographstrade 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.
  • CreatorE.D. Burt & Co.
  • PublisherMajor & Knapp Lith. Co., 56 Park Place, NY.
  • SubjectShoe stores ; Shoes ; Boots ; Clothing and dress ; Birds ; Birdhouses
  • 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.