About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0060
  • SummaryAdvertising card for J. North. Front of card: color illustration of flowers and inset text reading in part: Fashionable millinery, straw goods, flowers, feathers, laces, ribbons, ornaments, at popular prices. Back of card is blank. Business address: 249 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1874-1885?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 3.75 x 2.5 in.
  • CreatorJ. North
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardschromolithographstrade cards
  • PublisherSchumacher & Etlinger 11-15 Murray Street, NY.
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Millinery ; Hats ; Clothing and dress ; Straw work ; 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.
  • TitleFashionable millinery...J. North's.
  • 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.