About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0177
  • SummaryAdvertising card for Uriah Pearce. Front of card: Black text: Uriah Pearce, late of the Little Barefoot Shoe Store, dealer in boots and shoes…all goods, warranted as represented. Back of card (not scanned): handwritten pencil notes. Business address: 579 Fulton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[date of publication not identified]
  • Physical Description1 print : black and white ; 2.1 x 3.5 in.
  • CreatorUriah Pearce
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formattext
  • Genreadvertisementsbusiness cardstrade cards
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectShoe stores ; Shoes ; Boots ; Clothing and dress
  • 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.
  • TitleUriah Pearce, late of the Little Barefoot Shoe Store, dealer in boots and shoes.
  • 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.