About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0086
  • SummaryAdvertising card for James M. Spear. Front of card: color illustration of a hand with ring, bracelet and ruffled cuff holding a rose and black text beneath reading: James M. Spear, trunks and bags, large stock to select from. Under Tice's jewelry store. Business address: 311 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also FULT_0189 for similar illustration.
  • Date[1874-1876?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2 x 3.2 in.
  • CreatorJames M. Spear
  • 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 ; Bags ; Trunks (Luggage) ; Flowers
  • 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.
  • TitleJames M. Spear, trunks and bags.
  • 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.