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Title: Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup
Description: Trade card advertising Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Hibbard's Plasters featuring a woman seated on a floor playing a harp. She is surrounded by Near East-, North African-, and Middle Eastern-related imagery and objects. There is a small, smoking cauldron of some sort by her feet. She is dressed in a draped dress and headdress, and she is adorned with lots of bracelets and necklaces and is wearing large, hooped earrings. The card is tinted dark blue. The back lists the benefits of taking Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup.
Conditions Cured (LC): Neuralgia, Rheumatism
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Ethnic Costume, Hair Ornaments, Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Portraits, Textile Fabrics, Women, Women's Clothing
ID: WH140
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam featuring two elderly women sitting at a table upon which is a bottle of the Balsam and a drinking glass. They are both in shawls and bonnets. At the feet of the lady on the left is a grey cat. Behind them is a standing clock, a dresser, and a blue door. The back lists the ailments the Balsam can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cholera, Deciduous Teeth—Eruption, Diarrhea, Diarrhea, Infantile, Dysentery
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Bottles, Bows, Cats, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Domestic Space, Drinking Glasses, Dwellings, Ethnic Costume, Hats, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH390
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: A Free Sample Bottle of Warner's Safe Cure
Description: Trade card advertising Warner's Safe Cure featuring a photograph of a woman's face surrounded by white fabric, lace, and feathers. The back details how to get a free sample of Warner's Safe Cure and lists the ailments it cures.
Conditions Cured (LC): Abscess, Acne, Asthma, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Bright's Disease, Catarrh, Constipation, Convulsions, Convulsions, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Edema, Fatigue, Food Poisoning, Gout, Headache, Impotence, Indigestion, Jaundice, Malaria, Neuralgia, Neurasthenia, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tumors, Urinary Organs—Calculi, Vertigo
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Feathers, Hats, Lace And Lacemaking, Portraits, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH375
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Smith's Infirmary Hospital
Description: Color postcard with view of Smith's Infirmary Hospital on Staten Island. Turrets and awnings are seen; ivy covers a portion of the wall. The lawn and trees in front of the castle-like building are visible; in front of a low stone wall, three people sit in an open carriage with a white horse. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten address on back to Miss Christine Geisel of Springfield, Mass. [Geisel is the paternal aunt of Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss).]
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Richmond County, Smith's Infirmary Hospital, Horses, Carriages and carts, Horse-drawn vehicles, People, Men, Women, Lawns, Gates, Ivy, Stone walls
ID: nycsi_042
Geographic Subject: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Richmond Memorial Hospital
Description: Color postcard with front view of Richmond Memorial Hospital on Staten Island. Shrubs are seen on the fenced-in lawn, one large tree stands to the right. Two police officers stand in front of the brick building, next to a mailbox, and a woman stands at the front entrance. | Handwritten message on back reading "Billy Ana Harold."
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Richmond County, Richmond Memorial Hospital, Richmond University Medical Center, Mailboxes, Trees, Shrubs, Lawns, Streets, Police, People, Women
ID: nycsi_016
Geographic Subject: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Army Laboratory, U.S.A. Debarkation Hospital No. 3
Description: Black-and-white postcard showing a laboratory at Debarkation Hospital No. 3 in Manhattan. Male and female staff work beneath a window while a uniformed man watches. Two uniformed men can be seen in the background. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Debarkation Hospital No. 3 (New York, N.Y.), Military hospitals, World War, 1914-1918, United States -- Army, Soldiers, Men, Women, People, Windows, Laboratories
ID: nycm_168
Geographic Subject: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Main Gate, U.S.A. General Hospital No. 1
Description: Black-and-white postcard of General Hospital No. 1 in the Bronx. Soldiers and women congregate outside a group of wooden buildings and a main gate, behind which some trees are visible. A soldier with a cocked hat stands in the center; a mailbox is on the left-hand side. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Bronx County, Military hospitals, United States -- Army -- General Hospital No. 1, Soldiers, Uniforms, Men, Women, People, Gates, Gatehouses, Trees, Mailboxes, Shrubs, United States -- Army, World War, 1914-1918
ID: nycbx_073
Geographic Subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Side View, Kings County Hospital
Description: Color postcard showing a side view of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn. Hedges and trees line the side and front of the red brick building. A woman in a white dress is walking in front of the hospital. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on front: "From Emily, Helen & [Gotthiel?]."
Subjects (LC): Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, Kings County Hospital (Kings County, N.Y.), Trees, Women, People, Hedges, Shrubs
ID: nycbk_062
Geographic Subject: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Title: The Jerseys [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl flanked by two milk cows. She is facing the audience and carrying a metal pail in her left hand. She is wearing a pink dress with white accents and a white bonnet. The cows are light brown, and all three figures are in a field with mountains and a sunset behind them. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cows, Dairy Cattle—Feeding And Feeds, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Forests And Forestry, Grasslands, Mountains, Nature, Pitchers, Sunset Phenomena, Trees, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH163
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: The Jerseys [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Vermifuge, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl flanked by two milk cows. She is facing the audience and carrying a metal pail in her left hand. She is wearing a pink dress with white accents and a white bonnet. The cows are light brown, and all three figures are in a field with mountains and a sunset behind them. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cows, Dairy Cattle—Feeding And Feeds, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Forests And Forestry, Grasslands, Mountains, Nature, Pitchers, Sunset Phenomena, Trees, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH164
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: The Jerseys [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl flanked by two milk cows. She is facing the audience and carrying a metal pail in her left hand. She is wearing a pink dress with white accents and a white bonnet. The cows are light brown, and all three figures are in a field with mountains and a sunset behind them. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cows, Dairy Cattle—Feeding And Feeds, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Forests And Forestry, Grasslands, Mountains, Nature, Pitchers, Sunset Phenomena, Trees, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH284
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Mentholatum
Description: Trade card advertising Mentholatum, marked with ruler and three images of ladies applying liniment.
Subjects (LC): Grooming, Women
Language: English
ID: WH302
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Three Most Reliable Remedies: Athlophoros For Rheumatism and Neuralgia, Athlo-Ointment For Sprains, Lameness, Sore throat...
Description: Trade card advertising Athlophoros, Athlo-ointment, and Athlo-tablets. Card features an image of a woman in a gauzy red dress holding a fan in one hand and a long necklace in the other.
Conditions Cured (LC): Constipation, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Sprains, Throat—Diseases
Subjects (LC): Clothing And Dress, Fans, Necklaces, Women
ID: WH102
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of three figures: a boy, a woman, and a man in a top hat. They are in front of a high stone wall in the snow. The boy carries boots and the man carries an umbrella. The picture is tinted green.
Subjects (LC): Boots, Boys, Boys' Clothing, Children, Clothing And Dress, Coats, Hats, Men, Men's Clothing, Snow, Stone Walls, Umbrellas, Winter, Women, Women's Clothing, Yeast
ID: WH105
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of three figures: a boy, a woman, and a man in a top hat. They are in front of a high stone wall in the snow. The boy carries boots and the man carries an umbrella. The picture is tinted red.
Subjects (LC): Boots, Boys, Boys' Clothing, Children, Clothing And Dress, Coats, Hats, Men, Men's Clothing, Snow, Stone Walls, Umbrellas, Winter, Women, Women's Clothing, Yeast
ID: WH106
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of two boys sledding past a woman who is carrying an umbrella, a basket, and a pail and balancing three additional baskets in a stack on her head. The woman appears disheveled and wears a shawl and a kerchief over her head. A third child watches in the background. The ground is snow-covered, and the figures are in front of a stone wall. The picture is tinted red.
Subjects (LC): Baskets, Boys, Boys' Clothing, Children, Clothing And Dress, Coats, Kerchiefs, Pails, Shawls, Sleds, Snow, Stone Walls, Umbrellas, Winter, Women, Women's Clothing, Yeast
ID: WH107
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Mentholatum Gives Comfort Daily
Description: Trade card advertising Mentholatum featuring a triptych of women applying mentholatum for various ailments.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease)
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Health, Self-Care, Women
ID: WH169
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Mentholatum Gives Comfort Daily
Description: Trade card advertising Mentholatum featuring a triptych of women applying mentholatum for various ailments.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease)
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Health, Self-Care, Women
ID: WH170
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Use W. & S. Cough Drops
Description: Trade card advertising W. & S. Cough Drops featuring a young girl walking on a path holding a bouquet of red and white flowers. She is wearing white-and-pink dress and a white bonnet. On either side of the walkway is grass.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Grasses, Hair Ornamentation, Hats, Nature, Portraits, Trails, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH384
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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