About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0137
  • TitleA prosperous new year to you [M.C. Fagan].
  • SummaryAdvertising card for M.C. Fagan. Front of card: color illustration of small bouquet with violet and lily of the valley and text: A prosperous new year to you. Back of card: Black and white text reading: For perfection in fit, excellence in style, durability and moderate cost, Morrows Fine Shoes are pre-eminent. Ladies, buy them. For sale by M.C. Fagan. Business address: 509 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1884?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3.5 x 2.25 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.
  • CreatorM.C. Fagan
  • PublisherPreng & Co. Boston
  • SubjectShoe stores ; Shoes ; Clothing and dress ; 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.