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Trade card - Directory of Reliable Business Men on Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1885

This trade card features an engraved portrait of John Hancock on the front, with the name "Hancock" printed below and "Bufford Boston" in the bottom right corner, indicating the publisher or printer. The reverse side presents a "Directory of Reliable Business Men on Fulton Street, BROOKLYN," listing various businesses, their industries, and street numbers. Businesses include a one-price clothier, cigar store, hotel and restaurant, saddle & harness maker, hatter, fashionable boot & shoe maker, fine groceries, photographer, dyeing establishment, dry goods store, central tea company, butter/cheese/egg supplier, fruit/wine/liquor store, music store, furniture store, bakery, butcher, fancy goods store, gent's furnishing goods store, and sporting goods store. The card serves as an advertisement and business reference, typical of late 19th-century mercantile practices.

Associated People/Businesses

  • John Hancock (Depicted Figure)
  • J. F. Shenfeld (Proprietor)
  • F. Heidenberg (Proprietor)
  • Herrifs (Proprietor)
  • Hart (Proprietor)
  • Turnbull (Proprietor)
  • Mes McCullough (Proprietor)
  • Indig (Proprietor)
  • M. Fortmeyer (Proprietor)
  • Smith (Proprietor)
  • Loeser (Proprietor)
  • Ennett (Proprietor)
  • Arons (Proprietor)
  • B. Reiley (Proprietor)
  • J. W. Smith Jr. (Proprietor)
  • John Wood (Proprietor)
  • W. Voglom (Proprietor)
  • T. Brams (Proprietor)
  • M. Jarvis (Proprietor)
  • Harris (Proprietor)
  • Hei Nn H. Kiffe (Proprietor)
  • Shenfeld
  • Sidenberg
  • Loeser
  • Arons
  • Abrams

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 11