About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0009
  • SummaryAdvertising card for S.H. Palmer & Company. Front of card: inset color illustrations of farm scene and windmill with text advertising Christmas cards, stationery, albums, easels. Back of card is blank. Business address: 481 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1883?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 2.5 x 4.6 in.
  • CreatorS.H. Palmer & Company
  • 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]
  • SubjectStores, Retail ; Stationery ; Paper products industry ; Picture frames and framing ; Landscapes ; Windmills
  • 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.
  • Title"Christmas cards, ..." S.H. Palmer & Company.
  • 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.