About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0211
- SummaryAdvertising card for A.H. King Co. shaped and on front decorated like an artist's palette with multiple paint dabs and brushes in finger hole. Front of card: color illustration of girl in bonnet and dress holding umbrella that has blown inside out with snowy landscape in background and text: King's carpets and furniture. Back of card: blue ink illustration of A.H. King Co.'s building and text: Go to King's for everything to furnish your house. Business address: Fulton Street & Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. See also FULT_0147 for similar design. FULT_0238 is a duplicate.
- Date[date of publication not identified]
- Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.5 x 3.4 in.
- CreatorA.H. King Co.
- CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
- Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- Formatstill imagetext
- Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographsdie cuttingtrade cards
- Publisher[publisher not identified]
- SubjectStores, Retail ; Winter ; Art ; Children ; Furniture ; House furnishings
- 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.
- TitleKing's carpets & furniture.
- 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.