About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0028
  • TitleBarnett's ferrotypes.
  • SummaryAdvertising label for Barnett's Ferrotypes. Front of card: black and white decorative frame surrounding text reading: Copying with neatness and dispatch, pictures finished in a few minutes, 6 for 25 Cents. Back of label is blank. Business address: 461 Fulton Street, near Lawrence Street, Brooklyn, NY (old address 73 Fulton Avenue).
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 print : black & white ; 2.75 x 2.3 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.
  • CreatorBarnett's Ferrotypes
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectPhotographers ; Photography ; Photographs ; Tintype
  • 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.