About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0043
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Hardenbergh & Co. Front of card: color illustration of chicks, butterfly, and flowers with inset business information. Back of card is blank. Business address: 174 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also FULT_0024 for same illustration.
  • Date[1879-1883?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.6 x 5 in.
  • CreatorHardenbergh & 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 ; Carpets ; Floor coverings ; House furnishings ; Birds ; Flowers
  • 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.
  • TitleHardenbergh & Co. carpetings, oil cloths, lignums, &c.
  • 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.