About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0012
  • SummaryAdvertising card for J.E. Murray & Co. Front of card: color illustration of farm scene with man, woman, and cows and mountains in background, surrounded by text advertising furniture and carpets. Back of card: poem advertising home furnishings and business information including notice of discounts for comrades of G.A.R. [Grand Army of the Republic] and brothers R.A. Business address: Fulton Street and Elm Place, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1881-1894?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3.6 x 5.4 in.
  • CreatorJ.E. Murray & Co.
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographstrade cards
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; House furnishings ; Furniture ; Carpets ; Landscape ; Farms
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.
  • TitleCompliments of J.E. Murray & Co.
  • 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.