About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0204
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Hill Hat Emporium. Front of card: color illustration of Asian man with fan balancing on trapeze or flag pole and bamboo shoot and abstract design in background. Back of card is blank. Business address: 715 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.5 x 4.1 in.
  • CreatorHill Hat Emporium
  • 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 ; Plants ; Men ; Hats ; Clothing and dress ; Millinery
  • 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.
  • TitleWith compliments of the Hill Hat Emporium.
  • 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.