About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0222
  • SummaryEnvelope for Walter A. Aspinall, prescription pharmacist, that apparently contains an unidentified prescription. Front of envelope: handwritten black text: One at night in glass hot milk. Dr. Brooks. Stamped date in purple ink: Oct. 31 1900. Back of card: pencil annotations: contains drug; very rare item. Business address: 1147 & 1149 Fulton Street, corner of Franklin, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date1900-10-31
  • Physical Description1 print : black and white ; 2.2 x 3.6 in.
  • CreatorWalter A. Aspinall
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formattext
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardsprescriptionstrade cards
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectPharmacists ; Drugs ; Medicine
  • 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.
  • Title[envelope containing prescription] Walter A. Aspinall, prescription pharmacist.
  • 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.