About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0136
  • SummaryAdvertising card for A. Walton. Front of card: color illustration of crocus flower and winter holly framing winter scene of houses and road covered with snow with text in bottom left: Winter. Text with business information bottom right. Back of card (not scanned): handwritten black text: Clarence Graves, 295 st. st. Business address: 505 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also FULT_0046 for same illustration with different text.
  • Date[1868-1877?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.75 x 4.5 in.
  • CreatorA. Walton
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographstrade cards
  • PublisherFrank Vernon, NY
  • SubjectGrocers ; Groceries ; Food ; Fruit ; Flowers ; Winter
  • 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.
  • TitleA. Walton, choice fruits.
  • 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.