About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0024
  • SummaryAdvertising card for M. Hirsch. Front of card: color illustration of two chicks with flowers, butterfly and inset text with business information. Back of card is blank. Business information: 5 and 55 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also FULT_0043 for same illustration.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.6 x 5 in.
  • CreatorM. Hirsch
  • 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]
  • SubjectTobacco industry ; Tobacco ; Birds ; Flowers ; Butterflies
  • 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.
  • TitleM. Hirsch, tobacco warehouse.
  • 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.