About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0124
  • TitleDr. Bloom's Tooth Powder...for sale by Wechsler & Abraham.
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Dr. Bloom's Tooth Powder. Front of card: color illustration of smiling woman's face in crescent moon with text: Price 25 cts. Manufactured by the Bloom Remedy Co. New York. Back of card: blue illustration of bottle of tooth powder with same illustration as front of card and blue text detailing the properties of the powder and noting: For sale by Wechsler & Abraham. Business address: 422 to 423 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also related card FULT_0126.
  • Date1886
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.5 x 3.2 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.
  • CreatorWechsler & Abraham
  • PublisherDonaldson Brothers, New York.
  • SubjectDepartment stores ; Oral hygiene products ; Mouth Care and hygiene ; Women ; Moon
  • 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.