About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0166
  • TitleThe babies cry when you fail to buy of the Brooklyn Furniture Co.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for the Brooklyn Furniture Co. Front of card: blue illustration of crying baby surrounded by flowers with text: The babies cry when you fail to buy of the Brooklyn Furniture Co. Back of card: sepia illustration of smiling baby surrounded by flowers with text: Buy at the Brooklyn Furniture Co. and make the children happy. Business address: 559 to 571 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1879?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.5 x 2.75 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.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Furniture Co.
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; House furnishings ; Furniture ; Children; 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.