About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0169
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Epworth's Oyster and Dining Saloon. Front of card: black illustration of figure surrounded by wreath of leaves and american flags with boat on water and text: The flag that waved a 100 years...1776...1786. Back of card is blank. Business address: 558 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Physical Description1 print : black & white ; 4.4 x 2. 6 in.
  • CreatorEpworth's Oyster and Dining Saloon
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardstrade cards
  • PublisherBufford, Boston
  • SubjectRestaurants ; Bars (Drinking establishments) ; Seafood ; Flags
  • 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.
  • TitleEpworth's Oyster and Dining Saloon.
  • 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.