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- Title
- Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills featuring the portrait of an elderly woman gazing into the distance towards the left-hand side of the card. She has a lace shawl pinned around her shoulders and neck. The back lists the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Brooches, Clothing And Dress, Lace And Lacemaking, Portraits, Shawls
- ID
- WH188
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Burdock Blood Bitters
- Description
- Trade card advertising Burdock Blood Bitters featuring a portrait of an extravagantly-dressed woman with gold jewelry, flowers adorning her headdress and dress, and a tambourine. The back lists the benefits of taking Burdock Blood Bitters.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Embroidery, Flowers, Gold Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Portraits, Shawls, Tambourine
- ID
- WH127
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Burdock Blood Bitters
- Description
- Trade card advertising Burdock Blood Bitters featuring a young boy sitting on a pedestal, smiling largely. He is holding a bottle of Burdock Blood Bitters, and is dressed in an exuberant outfit with a white, fanned collar, a blue tunic with a yellow-and-red-striped sash, and pink socks with black boots. The back cautions against doing various activities while suffering from various ailments that Burdock Blood Bitters helps cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Portraits
- ID
- WH129
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Burdock Blood Bitters
- Description
- Trade card advertising Burdock Blood Bitters featuring a portrait of a woman in elegant dress with a red, feathered hat that is adorned with a large B pin of sorts on which is written Burdock Blood Bitters. She is wearing gold jewelry, including a choker with a B on it. Her dress is blue with lilies on it, and she has a small rose pinned to the front of her dress. The back has partially-obscured testimony from Burdock Blood Bitters users.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Headache, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Feathers, Flowers, Gold Jewelry, Portraits, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH240
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Ayer's Sarsaparilla: the Discovery of America
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Sarsaparilla featuring five men aboard a sailboat passing a land mass on which there is a large sign that reads "Ayer's Sarsaparilla." Text on the bottom of the card reads "The Discovery of America." The men are in various stages of interacting with one another. From left to right, the first man is looking out at the sea; the second man is holding a book and looks like he is about to speak; the third man is kneeling on one knee and holding out a golden cross; the fourth man is speaking to the fifth man and gesturing toward the land mass; while the fifth man is kneeling with one knee on a pile of rope, his hands on the edge of the boat, and is listening to the fourth. The back shows an image of a bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla with a wreath around its neck and text explaining its curative properties.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Scrofula
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, America, America—Discovery And Exploration, Boats And Boating, Clothing And Dress, Crosses—Cult, Hats, Holy Cross, Islands, Land Settlement, Men, Rope, Sailboats, Sailing Ships, Sea Life, Swords
- ID
- WH123
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Tu peux pleuvoir et nous tremper, nous ne craignons rien! Nous avons, là, notre véritable Fer Bravais qui nous préserve de toutes maladies
- Description
- Trade card advertising Fer Bravais featuring two children and a dog who are taking shelter from the rain under a large umbrella. The girl is carrying a woven basket. All three are sitting on a bench. The image is framed by winter-themed imagery, such as snow, holly, icicles, and a pine tree. The back lists the ailments Fer Bravais can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Anemia, Asthenia, Chlorosis, Depression
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Dogs, Hats, Hollies, Leaves, Nature, Rain And Rainfall, Snow, Trees, Umbrellas, Winter
- ID
- WH203
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards