Could those be the grand old seaside hotels of late 19th century Brighton Beach, Coney Island, or Bath Beach in this vintage business card?
It’s part of the Brooklyn Public Library’s Fulton Street Trade Card Collection, a fascinating digital archive of Brooklyn business ephemera and proof that the advertising biz more than 100 years ago was just as cloying as it is today.
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Ephemeral New York 
July 4, 2011 at 6:48 pm |
Could be a beach scene in Brooklyn (with plenty of artistic license), but if you’re starting a betting pool, give me Narragansett, RI.
Bufford, the lithographer, was a New Englander; it wouldn’t surprise that his generic images gravitated to home.
July 4, 2011 at 10:51 pm |
Well, at least Culliford’s was in Brooklyn.