About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0031
- SummaryAdvertising label for B. Brush. Front of card: black and white tintype portrait of man with tinted cheeks in gilt decorative frame. Back of card: advertising label with business information reads: B. Brush new ferrotype gallery, 115 Fulton Avenue, between Bridge and Duffield Streets, Brooklyn, NY.
- Date[1860-1880?]
- Physical Description1 photograph ; black & white ; 4 x 2.5 in.
- CreatorB. Brush
- CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
- Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- Formatstill imagetext
- Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardscartes-de-visite (card photographs)tintypes (prints)trade cards
- Publisher[publisher not identified]
- SubjectPhotographers ; Photography ; Photographs ; Tintype ; Portraits ; Men
- 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.
- TitlePortrait photograph of man with tinted cheeks.
- 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.