About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0044
  • TitleA.W. Sheppard, photographic artist.
  • SummaryAdvertising label for A.W. Sheppard on back of mounted photograph. Front of card: black and white tintype portrait photograph of man with tinted cheeks in embossed decorative frame. Back of card: label with black and white text advertising ferrotypes, photographs, cartes de visite, and imperial vignettes. Business address: 239 Fulton Street, between Navy and Raymond Streets, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 photograph ; black & white ; 4 x 2.4 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardscartes-de-visite (card photographs)tintypes (prints)trade 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.
  • CreatorA.W. Sheppard
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectPhotographers ; Photographs ; Photography ; Portraits ; Tintype ; Men
  • 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.