About This Item


  • Call NumberFULT_0004
  • SummaryAdvertising card for A. Jouffroy & Co., sellers of: Butter, cheese, & eggs, fancy groceries, including best teas, coffees, sugars, canned goods, fruits, &c. N.Y. Dairy Pure Orange Co. milk in glass jars ... Front of card: color illustration of a flower wreath around scene of sailboat on water [lake] with house in background and another boat in foreground, with text beneath. Back of card is blank. Business address: 1509 Fulton Street opposite Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1890?]
  • Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.4 x 3 in.
  • CreatorA. Jouffroy & Co.
  • 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]
  • SubjectGrocers ; Groceries ; Food ; Boats and boating ; Flowers ; Landscapes
  • 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.
  • TitleA. Jouffroy & Co., Successors to Benton & Co., ...
  • 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.