About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0221
  • TitleBarrell & Tresham, electrical contractors.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Barrell & Tresham. Front of card: black text: Electrical. Contractors. Wiring for electric lighting. Electric gas lighting. Dynamos and motors. Burglar alarms. Annunciators. Gas and electric fixtures. Telephone lines constructed and equipped with instruments. Out-of-town work attended to promptly. F.M. Barrell and N.O. Tresham. Back of card is blank. Business address: 1292 [1234] Fulton Street, near Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 print : black and white ; 2.25 x 3.9 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardstrade 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.
  • CreatorBarrell & Tresham
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectElectric contracting ; Electric lighting ; Burglar alarms ; Telephone lines ; Electric generators ; Motors
  • 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.