About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0040
- SummaryAdvertising card for John Wood furniture warehouse. Front of card: color illustration of two women on horses in historic dress with caption: The halt. Back of card is blank. Business address: 178, 180, 182, 184 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
- Date[1881-1882?]
- Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.6 x 4.4 in.
- CreatorJohn Wood
- 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]
- SubjectWarehouses ; Furniture ; House furnishings ; Women ; Horses ; Landscapes
- 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.
- Title"The Halt." John Wood, furniture warehouse.
- 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.