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- Title
- Thermaline
- Description
- Trimmed face of trade card advertising Thermaline; illustration of nosegay of roses, forget-me-nots, lilies of the valley etc.
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH363
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Kendall's Spavin Cure
- Description
- Trade card advertising Kendall's Spavin Cure featuring a donkey braying at a well-dressed man. A fence separates the two, on top of which there is a young boy sitting. They are surrounded by a field of grass with trees and birds in the background. The back features testimony from satisfied customers.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Bad Breath, Bruises, Bunion, Burns And Scalds, Frostbite, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Thrush (Mouth Disease), Wounds And Injuries
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Birds, Children, Donkeys, Dress And Clothing, Eyeglasses, Grasslands, Men, Men's Hats, Nature, Neckties, Trees
- ID
- WH168
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Use Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor, an analgesic. "Since 1840 it has never failed to give satisfaction."
- Subjects (LC)
- Horse racing
- Manufacturer
- Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH256
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Going for Kendall's Spavin Cure
- Description
- Trade card advertising Kendall's Spavin Cure featuring a horse pulling a man who is being pulled by a dog. The man is straddled around a wooden stake, holding the horse's reins. The dog has a spotted collar and is biting the man on his rearend. The back features testimony from satisfied customers.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Dogs, Horses, Men, Nature
- ID
- WH167
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for "feminine ailments."
- Manufacturer
- Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (Lynn (Mass.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH325
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil
- Description
- Trade card printed on two side advertising Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, a remedy for ailments ranging from toothache to deafness.
- Subjects (LC)
- Dolls, Children, Children's furniture
- Manufacturer
- Foster, Milburn & Co. (Buffalo (N.Y.))
- ID
- WH364
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills are a Sure Cure for Sick Headache
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills featuring a circular image of a small house in a wintry landscape. Spilling out of the circular frame are trees, some grasses, and a fence. Behind the circle is a cross-shaped pattern of blue and grey. The back has testimony from a satisfied customer.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Headache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Housing, Nature, Snow, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH298
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills, Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash featuring a square image of a sailboat and a steamboat. There is a crescent moon in the sky to to the left. The square image is framed by overlaid reeds, grasses, and a white flower. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Flowers, Nature, Ocean, Rocks, Sailboats, Steamboats, Water
- ID
- WH326
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Pain Ceases Immediately [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Carter's Electric Nerve Pencil, a electromagnetic device for reducing pain.
- Subjects (LC)
- Children, Meadows
- Manufacturer
- C.E. Carter (Lowell (Mass.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH243
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- This Brief Notice May Save Long Illness, Suffering, and Expense, and Even Life Itself! [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hartshorn's Sarsaparilla and Iron and Hartshorn's Flavoring Extracts featuring a wintry landscape with a castle. There is a bouquet on the left with white, red, and blue flowers and a snow-covered branch with pink-blue-white-and-yellow birds flying around its branches. There is a bridge over a small body of water in the lower, right corner. The back describes the curative properties of the products advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Body Fluids
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Birds, Bridges, Castles, Crosses—Cult, Daisies, Flowers, Holy Cross, Mansions, Nature, Roses, Snow, Trees, Water And Architecture, Winter, Winter
- ID
- WH392
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Cole's Carbolisalve
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising antiseptic soap and liniment.
- Subjects (LC)
- Boats, Courtship, Lakes and ponds
- Manufacturer
- J.W. Cole and Co. (Black River Falls (Wis.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH249
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Brown's Globe Pills [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Brown's Globe Pills, an analgesic.
- Subjects (LC)
- Barns, Villages
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH234
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- K.D.C. is a Positive Cure for Indigestion and Dyspepsia
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising K.D.C., a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion.
- Subjects (LC)
- Bridges, Cherry trees, Winter
- Manufacturer
- K.D.C. Co. Ltd. (Boston (Mass.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH288
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
- Description
- Trade card advertising Morse's Indian Root Pills featuring a young girl wrapping or unwrapping a rabbit from a cloth while a dog jumps on her from her left. She is in front of a brick wall and is wearing a dress and a blue hat. Her hair is in two pigtails. The back has text explaining the benefits of Morse's Indian Root Pills.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Blankets, Children, Children's Clothing, Dogs, Rabbits
- ID
- WH307
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Petrolina, The Only Perfect Petroleum Jelly [from verso]
- Manufacturer
- Binghamton Oil Refining Co. (Binghamton (N.Y.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH320
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Ayer's Cathartic Pills, a safe, pleasant and reliable Family Medicine
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Cathartic Pills featuring seven cherubic, naked babies handling oversized pill boxes and such with the words Ayer's Pills on them. Some babies are wrapping the items, some are pasting labels onto them, and some are filling them with pills. The back has an image of a bottle with name of the manufacturer on it: J.C. Ayer and lists what ailments Ayer's Cathartic Pills cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Dizziness, Headache, Indigestion, Jaundice
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Babies
- ID
- WH121
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dundas Dick & Co's Compliments
- Description
- Trade card advertising the tasteless medicines of Dundas Dick & Co. featuring a wood-framed square that reads "Dundas Dick & Co.'s Compliments" surrounded by autumnal leaves and berries. The square is labelled "1776" and "1876" on the top and bottom, respectively. The back features a nineteenth-century calendar.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Berries, Leaves, Nature, Picture Frames And Framing, Wood
- ID
- WH260
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Wills's Cigarettes
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Wills's cigarettes.
- Subjects (LC)
- Bottles, Flowers
- Manufacturer
- W.D. and H.O. Wills
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH381
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Prof. Fair's Hair Care [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Prof. Fair's hair tonic, a remedy for greying and thinning hair.
- Subjects (LC)
- Girls, Milk, Pails
- Manufacturer
- Prof. Fair (Providence (R.I.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH264
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Gastrine
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Gastrine, a remedy for digestive ailments.
- Subjects (LC)
- Birds, Vines
- Manufacturer
- Gastrine Manufacturing Co. (New York (N.Y.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH268
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards