About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0150
- SummaryAdvertising card for J.C. Downey. Front of card: color illustration of exterior scene with two children in a field, one holding flowers, and text: For the finest bread & cakes at the lowest prices go to the American Baking Company...J.C. Downey. Back of card is blank. Business address: 538 Fulton Street, near Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
- Date[date of publication not identified]
- Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.25 x 2.75 in.
- CreatorJ.C. Downey
- 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]
- SubjectBakers and bakeries ; Baked products ; Baking ; Desserts ; Food ; Children
- 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.
- TitleFor the finest bread & cakes at the lowest prices go to the American Baking Company [J.C. Downey].
- 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.