About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0240
  • SummaryAdvertising card for S. Wechsler & Bro. shaped and illustrated in color as a cornucopia horn filled with flowers including pansies, ribbon handle, and inset card with business name and address and text: Compliments of. Back of card: Publisher's stamp in blue with star shape and text: Donaldson Brothers, New York. Business address: 293 & 295 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 10.8 x 6.5 in.
  • CreatorS. Wechsler & Bro.
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographsdie cuttingtrade cards
  • PublisherDonaldson Brothers, New York.
  • SubjectDepartment stores ; Flowers ; Cornucopias ; Clothing and dress ; Dry-goods
  • 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 S. Wechsler & Bro.
  • 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.