About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0132
- SummaryAdvertising card for Conklin's. Front of card: color illustration of exterior scene with woman holding umbrella touching rose on bush in a decorative frame with text: Fine shoes at Conklin's. Back of card is blank. Business address: 509 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY. See also related card FULT_0133.
- Date[1884?]
- Physical Description1 print : color ; 5 x 2.8 in.
- CreatorConklin's
- 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]
- SubjectShoe stores ; Shoes ; Clothing and dress ; Women ; 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.
- TitleFine shoes at Conklin'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.