About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0068
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Le Page's Liquid Glue, for sale at S.O. Burnett Hardware. Front of card: color illustration of interior with seated man stuck to chair and woman holding glue and caption: I've found a way at last dear George to make you stick at home evenings. Box of glue at woman's feet reads: Awarded two gold medals, Le Page's liquid glue. Back of card: black and white text reading: LePage's Liquid Glue is used in the United States arsenals, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Patent Office.manufactured by Russia Cement Co., Gloucester, Mass. S.O. Burnett Hardware's name and address stamped in purple under black and white text reading: For sale by. Business address: 288 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1885?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.8 x 4.9 in.
  • CreatorS.O. Burnett Hardware [Burnett, Sam'l O.]
  • 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]
  • SubjectHardware stores ; Stores, retail ; Glue ; Women ; Men ; Living rooms
  • 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.
  • TitleLe Page's Liquid Glue, for sale by S.O. Burnett Hardware.
  • 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.