Items

Title: Hunt's Remedy [from verso]
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Hunt's remedy, "the best kidney and liver medicine."
Subjects (LC): Children
Manufacturer: Hunt's Remedy Co. (Providence (R.I.))
Language: English
ID: WH279
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: I Don't
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising un-named medicine [laxative?]. Poem on verso.
Subjects (LC): Children, Children crying
Manufacturer: Dr. Harter Medicine Co. (St. Louis (Mo.))
Language: English
ID: WH273
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: Chaussures
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Parisian shoe and boot manufacturer.
Subjects (LC): Children, Physicians, Sick children
Manufacturer: Delepine ([Paris, France])
Language: French
ID: WH257
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Everybody says the Botanical Preparations are the Best
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising herbal remedies produced by the Excelsior Botanical Company.
Subjects (LC): Children playing
Manufacturer: Excelsior Botanical Co. (Boonville (N.Y.))
Language: English
ID: WH263
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: The Little Pets [from verso]
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Scott's Emulsion, a remedy for the "wasting diseases" of adults and children.
Subjects (LC): Children and animals
Manufacturer: Scott & Bowne (New York (N.Y.))
Language: English
ID: WH351
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: Kendall M'f'g. Co.
Description: Trade card printed on one side advertising laundry detergent. Illustration of boy punting in boat made of a half walnut shell. Card torn across lower right corner.
Subjects (LC): Children, Nutshell
Manufacturer: Kendall Manufacturing Co. (Providence (R.I.))
Language: English
ID: WH290F
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate "for mental and physical exhaustion, dyspepsia, etc."
Subjects (LC): Accordions, Children dancing
Manufacturer: Rumford Chemical Works (Providence (R.I.))
Language: English
ID: WH276
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Hunnewell's Universal Cough Remedy
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Hunnewell's Universal Cough Remedy — "will cure your cough."
Subjects (LC): Birdcages, Mothers and children
Manufacturer: Gilman Brothers (Boston (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH278
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup, a painkiller in syrup form for infants.
Subjects (LC): Interiors, Mothers and children
Language: English, French, German
ID: WH382
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Jame's Pyle's Pearline
Description: Trade card printed on two sides, advertising Pearline detergent.
Subjects (LC): Children and animals, Dogs
Manufacturer: James Pyle, [s.l.]
Language: English
ID: WH319
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. Radcliffe's Great Remedy
Subjects (LC): Children, Storms, Umbrellas
Manufacturer: Seven Seals or Golden Wonder
Language: English
ID: WH334
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
Description: Trade card printed on one side, advertising Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, a remedy for respiratory ailments. Illustration of young girl administering medicine to doll in bassinet.
Subjects (LC): Children playing with dolls
Manufacturer: Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
Language: English
ID: WH383F
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Diet for Child from 3 to 6 Years
Description: New York Milk Committee information card describing the recomended diet for a child aged 3 to 6 years. The card provides alternative menus for the child's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper.
Subjects (LC): Children, Nutrition, Food, Menus
ID: mk1e033
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Diet for Child from 2 to 3 Years
Description: New York Milk Committee information card describing the recomended diet for a child aged 2 to 3 years. The card provides alternative menus for the child's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper.
Subjects (LC): Children, Nutrition, Food, Menus
ID: mk1e032
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping-Cough, and Consumption
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a young girl standing under a cherry tree looking at two birds in the tree. A house and hills are visible in the distance and there are flowers in the foreground. The back has an image of a hand pouring out a spoonful of medicine from a bottle and text listing the benefits of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Birds, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Hats, Nature
ID: WH114
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Trix Breath Perfume
Description: Trade card advertising Trix Breath Perfume featuring an image of a young boy standing at the water's edge and pointing at a bullfrog. The boy is wearing overalls and a hat and carrying a fishing rod with bait.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bad Breath
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Bullfrog, Children, Children's Clothing, Fishing, Mountains, Perfume, Typha, Water
ID: WH193F
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Trix Breath Perfume
Description: Trade card advertising Trix Breath Perfume featuring an image of the feet of a boy and a bullfrog protruding from a body of water. The boy's hat rests on the water in the foreground, and the movement of his fishing pole indicates he has just fallen into the water.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bad Breath
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Bullfrog, Children, Children's Clothing, Fishing, Mountains, Perfume, Typha, Water
ID: WH194F
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Presented by C.I. Hood and Co.
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla
Subjects (LC): Children playing adults, Dogs, Doves
Manufacturer: C.I. Hood & Co. (Lowell (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH152
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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