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Title: A Happy New Year
Description: A card with text "Happy New Year" surrounded by flowers. Verso side:"Fancy goods, toys, dolls, vases, toilet seats, gold and plated jewelry, Roger's Bros. triple-plated silver ware, bird cages, clocks, albums, leather satchels and bags from 99c up."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0014

Title: Misfit Parlors
Description: Illustration of elegantly dressed man and woman standing near body of water. Woman is holding a parasol. Verso side: text, "What are Misfits? They are the custom made clothing of merchant tailors left on their hands for one reason or another; these we buy in large or small quantities for the ready cash.."
Type: still image
Local Identifier: FC-0231

Title: Crandall, The Child's Benefactor
Description: Illustration female child scattering feed to chickens that she is holding in her dress or apron. A farm is in the background. Verso side: text,$250 Reward! Will be paid to any person who will inform Crandall, the Child's Benefactor, who it is that is representing his name on the street. Crandall's only place of business is at the corner of Fulton and Pierrepont Streets."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0093

Title: The Babies Cry when You Fail to Buy of the Brooklyn Furniture Co.
Description: Illustration of baby in hat crying. Text,"The Babies Cry when You Fail to Buy of the Brooklyn Furniture Co. Verso side: illustration of a baby smiling. Text,"Buy at the Brooklyn Furniture Co. and make the Children Happy."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0166

Title: Miss Lee Fuller, Men's Furnishing Goods
Description: Illustration of ship on water with light house and full moon in background. Verso side: text,"Miss Lee Fuller, Men's Furnishing Goods. Order's filled promptly. Reliable goods. Low figures."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0199

Title: Compliments of James Duckworth Son's Inimitable Confections
Description: Fan shape card. Illustration of fashionable woman holding fan and reclining in flowering tree. Verso side: fan shape card. Text,"Visit Duckworth's when shopping for a glass of their famous ice cream soda water."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, irregular shape, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0078

Title: A.W. Sheppard, Photographic Artist.
Description: Photograph of unidentified young man in black and white and cheeks tinted pink. Verso side: Text,"Ferrotypes, photographs, cartes de visite, and imperial vignettes."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, tin types, photographs
Local Identifier: FC-0044

Title: G.W. E. Bennett, Shirt makers and Men's Furnishers
Description: Illustration of woman on beach turned away from sailor who may be missing a hand and may be trying to talk to her. A cupid is seated and wiping his face with a handkerchief. He has wings and a basket of arrows. An ocean is in the background.
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0095

Title: A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Henry Tamke
Description: Shape of card and illustration of artist's palette with blobs of paint. On palette is illustration of child sitting on rock looking closely at a leaf through a magnifying glass Verso side: text,"Henry Tamke, Fine, Cheap Cash Groceries. Imported wines,&c. for family and medical use. Choice teas and coffees a specialty."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, irregular shape, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0237

Title: Compliments of the New York Bookbinding Co.
Description: Illustration of an owl wearing vest, hat and glasses and sitting on a branch. Owl is reading a book. Birds are gathered around owl. Verso side: text,"Compliments of the New York Bookbinding Co. 46 48 Court Street, Entrance of Joralemon Street, Brooklyn."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0190

Title: Men's Pants, 85c.$1,$1.25,$1.50,$2. Men's Flannel Suits, 7.50.
Description: Illustration of African-American man laughing. Verso side: text,"Children's suits. The Pinafore,$1.75 $2.00. Blouse suits $2 to $3.50.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0171

Title: M. Kirkham, Fancy Goods and Stationery
Description: Illustration of flowers in foreground with landscape with mountains and pine trees in background. Text,"Brighton circulating library, stamping, engraving,&c."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0224

Title: Leaving the Wreck
Description: Illustration of men in a boat leaving a shipwreck and surrounded by icebergs in the middle of the ocean in a snowstorm. Text,"These sailors do not suffer from the cold the "Chest Shields" they wear are the ones we sold. Verso side: Illustration of undershirt. text,"No more colds! No more weak lungs! Conger's patent "Chest Shield".protects the lungs without the use of extra lung protectors. recommended particularly for its great anti-rheumatic qualities.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0130

Title: Happy Home
Description: Illustration of man pulling woman's hair and holding a stick up as if to beat her. Framed portrait on wall in background. Verso side: text,"John Boemermann, Dealer in choice groceries. Teas, coffees, sugars,&c. Flour of the best brands."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0223

Title: What's the Matter with that ere' Dog? Buy Your Clothing of Smith Pressinger.
Description: Illustration of a man sitting watching a dog run off into the background. Behind the man sits a large bear holding a rifle. The bears asks the man,"What's the Matter with that ere' Dog? Verso side: text,"Look at our prices: men's pants 85c.$1.00, 1.25, 1.50 and 2.00. Men's suits,$7.00. Boy's suits $4.00. Boy's pants 75c.$1.00 and $1.25.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0174

Title: B. Vehrlen, Ladies' Hair Dressing and All Kinds of Human Hair Goods
Description: Illustration of a woman's hand holding a lily and other flowers. Verso side: text,"Ladies' own combings made up by the new method, roots all one way. Faded hair switches altered to any color."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0189

Title: Both Puzzled
Description: Illustration of interior of schoolroom. A boy student is talking with his male teacher. No other students are in the room. Verso side: text,"Buy the Hope Safety Oil, no smoke, no smell. Put up expressly for family use and especially adapted to student lamps..Orders by postal card promptly attended to. Lamps, chandeliers, brackets, chimneys, trimmings &c."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements, irregular shape
Local Identifier: FC-0194

Title: Look at Our Backs
Description: Illustration of two kittens wearing bonnets and sitting and sewing. Verso side: text,"Truth New York has on exhibit in the show window of Collins' Japanese store,$1,500 in presents to be given free to lucky guessers. Go in now and guess!."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0120

Title: Cowperthwait Furniture and Carpets 1807-1881
Description: Illustration woman is lifting child and handing to man who is sitting on donkey. Woman' hat is nearby in grass. Donkey is eating grass. Verso side: text,"Established over three score and ten years. B. M. Cowperthwait Co. wholesale and retail dealers in furniture and carpets..Parlor, chamber, and dining-room suits. Pure curled hair mattresses and live geese feathers, oil cloth.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0112

Title: Le Page's Liquid Glue, For Sale by S.O. Burnett Hardware.
Description: Text,"I've found a way at last dear George to make you stick at home evenings. Illustration of interior of sitting room with a woman sitting and holding glue and a man stuck to his chair. People looking in from window and from hallway. Verso side: text, LePage's Liquid Glue is used in the United States arsenals, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Patent Office..manufactured by Russia Cement Co. Stamped with name and address of S.O. Burnett, Hardware
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0068

Title: Perfumed with Austen's Forest Flower Cologne
Description: Illustration of two women in elegant dresses holding bouquets of roses. Verso side: text,"The Fair. Frank Co. Proprietors, dealers in house furnishing goods, crockery, glassware, stationery, jewelry, silverware, leather goods,&c. our specialty 5 and 10 cent goods.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0157

Title: Imbeciles!
Description: Four male children wearing band outfits and carrying musical instruments. One boy has possibly kicked another boy as three other boys watch. Gold background. Verso side: text,"Champion Baking Powder. Absolutely pure, strongest healthiest and best on the market. Contains the greatest amount of leavening power of any baking powder in America."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0172

Title: S. Downing, Dry Goods
Description: Illustration of woman in hooded dress or shirt. Gold background. Verso side: text,"S. Downing, dry goods, fancy goods, hosiery, notions, trimmings ribbon."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0142

Title: A Prosperous New Year to You
Description: Illustration of lily of the valley and violets Verso side: text,"For Perfection in fit, excellence in style, durability and moderate cost, Morrows Fine Shoes are pre-eminent. Ladies, buy them."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0137

Title: Edwin C. Burt, Fine Shoes
Description: Illustration of robin in front of bird house with leaves and branches of tree. Text,"Presented by E.D. Burt Co. Verso side: calendar of 1881. Text,"Dealers in boots and shoes of every description, are special agents for the sale of my good in Brooklyn."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, calendars, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0072

Title: Brooklyn Advertising Agency, Authorized Agency for all Leading Newspapers
Description: Text, Authorized agency for all leading newspapers, German advertising a specialty, translation free of charge. Verso side: annotations in ink,"Latham Death Notice. 2 times World $2.50, 2 times [Herald?$3.60, 2 times Sun $2.00, 2 times Eagle $2.00. Stamped with received payment notice.
Type: still image
Genre: receipts, trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0103

Title: Merry Christmas "Chatterbox"
Description: Illustration of oak leaves and acorns on dark background. Oak leaves have turned fall colors. Verso side: text, "100 Doz. Thomson's spoon busk, corsets at 49 cents, worth $1.00.." "Dress goods, silks, shawls, silk handkerchiefs, hosiery and fancy goods, for holiday presents.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0088

Title: Alphonzo Smith Offers His Large and Extensive Assortment of Piano-Fortes and Organs of All the Leading Makers
Description: Illustration of piano on pink paper with text,.the celebrated "Wheelock" piano-fortes and world renowned "Estey" organs. Extremely low for cash or from $5 to $10 monthly until fully paid. Verso side: text,.The grandest collection of music ever issued in book form. No duplicates of the folio of music no. 1.."
Type: still image
Local Identifier: FC-0243

Title: No more "Salt Junk, for the Navies of the World Now Use Libby McNeill Libby's Cooked Corned Beef
Description: Illustration of sailors on ship gathered in a circle eating [canned meat] and cheering. A family of man, woman and child look overboard at ocean. A couple is walking off to the left. Boxes and barrels are in the foreground. Verso side: text,"Libby McNeill Libby's Cooked Meats. Economical delicious for sale by Lewis Percival (late with Park Tilford. Grocers, wines and imported segars [cigars]."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0164

Title: Zacharie's Perfumery Store
Description: Illustration of Lily of the Valley flowers. Verso side: text,"We manufacture all of the following articles, and recommend them to our customers: Italian hair tonic."A full assortment of toilet articles and preparations."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0085

Title: Preserve this Wonderful Maze, Presented with the Compliments of our Leading Merchants
Description: Maze game in form of building with business directory and ads: W.H. Bolton, Crossman Bergan, Smith Pressinger, Paul Grosser, Geo. Titus, G. Elford, Jas. Rorke Co. Geo. Lockitt Sons, Harding Man'fg Co, Grand Central, and T.M. James Co. Verso side: business directory and ads: W.H. Bolton, Crossman Bergan, Smith Pressinger, Paul Grosser, Geo. H. Titus, George Elford, James Rorke Co. Geo. Lockitt Sons, Grand Central Hat and Fur store, Harding Manufacturing Company. Merchants of: hardware, boots shoes, clothing, stationery, carpetings, oil cloths, wall paper, crockery, china glassware, groceries, hat and fur, and men's boy's clothing.
Type: still image
Genre: advertisements, trade cards
Local Identifier: FC-0239

Title: Paris, Brooklyn, Spring Season 1909
Description: Illustration of portrait of woman facing left and wearing hat with feather plume. Verso side: text,"Beg to announce the opening of their Millinery Department of March 15th and 16th for the Spring season, with an unusual assortment of Paris models from all leading Modistes, including large, medium and small hats.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0109

Title: You are respectfully invited to attend our fall exhibition.
Description: Illustration of an interior of very fine sitting room. A dog sits by an elaborate fire place. An easel with portrait, fine chairs, rugs and curtains as well as vases are shown. Verso side: A very small illustration of a pinned card with scene of birds is in the upper left corner. Below is text,"You are respectfully invited to attend our fall exhibition on Monday Oct. 9th, Tuesday October 10th Wednesday Oct. 11th."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0059

Title: Clear the Track!
Description: Illustration of a winter scene of people on sled sliding down snow covered hill. A dog runs alongside of the sled. Verso side: text,"Special sale of Shetland shawls. Ladies knit jackets, from 50 cents to $2.00. Beautiful children's hoods, all colors, from 50 cents to $2.00. Ulsters and sacques, all sizes at low prices. Choice selection of in Merino cloaks.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0099

Title: Taylor Co. Ferrotypes.
Description: Photograph of unidentified child.(grayscale with touch of color on cheeks) Verso side: text within frame,"Pictures taken in all kinds of weather and finished in 10 minutes."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, tin types, photographs
Local Identifier: FC-0032

Title: Teacher's Coupon Good for 60 Cents in the Purchase of Martha Washington Candies
Description: Illustration of portrait [Martha Washington? and list of address of locations selling Martha Washington Candies including Namm's on Fulton Street. Verso side: text,"To further introduce our candies to the residents of New York City, we make the very liberal offer of selling one two pound box of our highest grade and justly celebrated chocolates.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0125

Title: Compliments of Manne Bro. Shoe Department.
Description: Illustration of shoe holding flower arrangement. Verso side: text,"Shoe department. The most complete stock of fine boots, shoes and slippers, in the city. At prices lower than can be found elsewhere. Call and convince yourselves."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0067

Title: A.J. Nutting Co.
Description: Shape of card and illustration of artist's palette with blobs of paint. On palette is illustration of girl in ballerina costume taking a bow possibly on a stage. There are flowers on the ground next to her. Verso side: text,"We are Brooklyn's recognized leaders in mens, youths, and boys clothing and offer unusual advantages in our balcony custom dept.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0226

Title: W.W. Swayne, Bookseller and Stationer.
Description: Illustration of flowers surrounding card with text. Black background. Verso side: calendar of 1882. Text,"All new books received as soon as issued and sold from 20 to 25 per cent less than publisher's prices. Fine assortment of stationery, blank books, etc. at greatly reduced prices."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0056

Title: America
Description: "Furniture. Carpets. Illustration of farm. Man is working in cornfield in foreground, woman hanging clothes on line next to house, cows and chickens on path, mountains in background. Verso side:"Homes furnished throughout in plain or grand style, with everything neat in the housekeeping line, to furnish each room in your home so complete."Discount to Comrades of C.A.R. and Brothers R.A."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0012

Title: Dr. Bloom's Tooth Powder
Description: Illustration of smiling woman's face in moon. Verso side: Illustration of bottle with graphic of woman in moon. Verso side text,"A marvel of successful combination. This powder is composed of simple materials of absolute purity.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0124

Title: Cosmopolitan Emporium of Fashions Mme. Demorest Maison De Patrons, Haute Nouveaute. Paris. London. New York.
Description: Illustration of flowers surrounding text with black background. Verso side: text,"Important to Ladies. Side platting done by the latest improved machines, with and without space.."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0045

Title: One Price Only, Paul Grosser, Stationer
Description: Illustration of autumn leaves on black background behind card with name and address. Verso side: text, One price only. Paul Grosser, Stationer..Writing paper, envelopes, albums, memorandums, pocket, bill and account books, lead pencils, pens, inks,&c. cheap!
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0159

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