About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0033
- SummaryAdvertising card for W.R. Wasson, photographer. Front of card: black and white photograph of woman in blue printed frame. Back of card: black and white text with business information and advertising text reading: Small pictures enlarged to any size, and colored in water or oil. Duplicates of this picture can be had at any time. Business address: 73 Fulton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
- Date[date of publication not identified]
- Physical Description1 photograph ; black & white ; 4 x 2.4 in.
- CreatorW.R. Wasson
- CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
- Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- Formatstill imagetext
- Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardscartes-de-visite (card photographs)tintypes (prints)trade cards
- Publisher[publisher not identified]
- SubjectPhotographers ; Photography ; Photographs ; Portraits ; Tintype ; Women
- 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.
- TitleW.R. Wasson, photographer.
- 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.