About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0151
- SummaryAdvertising card for Paul Grosser. Front of card: color illustration of elements from the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, including cat playing violin, cow jumping over moon, dog watching, and dish and spoon with inset text: Paul Grosser, stationery, scrap books, pictures, &c. Back of card is blank. Business address: 541 Fulton Street, near Gold Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also FULT_0152 depicting a different nursery rhyme in the same style.
- Date[1881?]
- Physical Description1 print : color ; 1.75 x 3.25 in.
- CreatorPaul Grosser
- 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 ; Stationery ; Animals ; Children's stories
- 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.
- TitlePaul Grosser, stationery, scrap books, pictures, &c.
- 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.