About This Item
- Call NumberFULT_0084
- SummaryAdvertising card for Crandall [toy store]. Front of card: color illustration of two children surrounded by plants and looking at a butterfly with business information overlaid in black text. Back of card is blank. Business address: 324 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
- Date[1877-1893?]
- Physical Description1 print : color ; 4.4 x 3 in.
- CreatorCrandall
- 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]
- SubjectToy stores ; Toys ; Games ; Children ; Butterflies
- 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.
- TitleCrandall, the child's benefactor.
- 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.