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- 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
- What Came from the Newspaper Hat [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hires' Cough Cure and Hires' Root Beer featuring a young girl wearing a hat made of newspaper. She is wearing gold bangles around her wrists and a white dress. The back is a short story about Hires' Root Beer.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bracelets, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Gold Jewelry, Hats, Newspaper Layout And Typography, Portraits
- ID
- WH391
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Vegetine: The Great Blood Purifier
- Description
- Trade card advertising Vegetine featuring two young children and a basket of animals. Within the basket are a lobster, who is pinching the left-most child's clothing, and a duck or goose. The right-most child is liftng the top off of the basket that contains the animals. The back has testimony from a satisfied customer.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Baskets, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Ducks, Hats, Lobsters
- ID
- WH371
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Vaseline Chesebrough Manfg Co.
- Description
- Trade card primarily advertising Pure Vaseline featuring a beach scene with two children playing in the foreground. They are both wearing yellow hats and playing in the sand with shovels and a single pail. Behind them stands a woman with a parasol. She is in formal dress, with an overcoat, ruffled skirt, and yellow bow on her hip. There are various people on the beach and in the ocean as well is what looks like a cruise ship in the far background. The back contains a poem titled The Elixir Vitae and lists prices for various vaseline products.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Burns And Scalds, Cold (Disease), Croup, Neuralgia, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Beaches, Boats And Boating, Bows, Children, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Crabs, Hats, Parasols, Ribbons, Sand Pails, Sand Toys, Shovels, Water, Water Waves, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH369
- 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
- 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
- The School Room at Bellevue, K-6
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard showing an interior view of the schoolroom at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan with children saluting an American flag. | Card not posted.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Bellevue Hospital, Hospital schools, Flags -- United States, Boys, Girls, Children, Wheelchairs, Desks, Classrooms, Schools, Education, Morrison, Wm. B.
- ID
- nycm_041
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- The Morning Prayer [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. D. Jayne's Carminative Balsam, Dr.Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge, and Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills featuring an elderly woman with a male toddler on her lap and a young girl standing by her right side. There is a cat playing with a shoe by her left foot. She seems to be in a sewing room of sorts, teaching the two children how to position their hands in prayer. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cholera, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Fever, Gastroenteritis, Helminths, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Babies, Cats, Children, Children—Prayers And Devotions, Children's Clothing, Domestic Space, Dress And Clothing, Dwellings, Families, Morning Prayer, Older People—Prayers And Devotion, Prayer, Scissors And Shears, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH162
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Lloyd I. Seaman, Floating Hospital of St. John's Guild [from back]
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with an image of the hospital ship Lloyd I. Seaman, The Floating Hospital of St. John's Guild, and its patients, presumably on the East River. There is a view of buildings in the background. | Caption at top left of back describes the ship and its mission. | Card not posted.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Floating Hospital (Long Island City, New York, N.Y.), St. John’s Guild (New York, N.Y.), Mothers, Children, East River (N.Y.), Rivers, Hospital ships, Lloyd I. Seaman (Barge), Hospitals, Convalescent, Children -- Hospitals, Pediatrics
- ID
- nycm_237
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- 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
- The Little Favorites: Ayer's Pills Sugar Coated
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Pills and Ayer's Sarsaparilla featuring eight children holding up a sign that reads: "'The Little Favorites' Ayer's Pills. Sugar Coated." Most are casually dressed save for the child farthest in the background on the right-hand side who is wearing a peach-colored headwrap of some sort. In front of her is a boy holding a white cat. There is a girl wearing a flowered wreath in her hair towards the front of the group. The girl next to her is holding a red item in her left hand. Behind the group are grasses and leaves. The back has a poem and describes the curative properties for the Ayer's products advertised.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Bows, Cats, Children, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Girls, Hair Ornaments, Hats, Leaves, Nature, Plants, Scarves, Water, Wreaths
- ID
- WH393
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Take Hood's Sarsaparilla: 100 Doses One Dollar
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring an image of a child surrounded by large dogs. The child wears a riding hat and an oversized red coat and carries a whip. "Take Hood's Sarsaparilla. 100 Doses One Dollar" is printed on the floor near the child's feet. The back has testimonial and text describing the composition of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Catarrh, Indigestion, Salt Rheum, Scrofula
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Costume, Dogs, Portraits, Whips
- ID
- WH147
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Take Hood's Sarsaparilla: 100 Doses One Dollar
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring an image of a child surrounded by large dogs. The child wears a riding hat and an oversized red coat and carries a whip. "Take Hood's Sarsaparilla. 100 Doses One Dollar" is printed on the floor near the child's feet. The back has testimonial and text describing the composition of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Catarrh, Indigestion, Salt Rheum, Scrofula
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Costume, Dogs, Portraits
- ID
- WH146
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Take Hood's Sarsaparilla to Purify Your Blood: 100 Doses $1.00
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring five children at a show of some sort with a spotlight that shows the words "Take Hood's Sarsaparilla to Purify Your Blood 100 Doses $1.00." There is a girl in a blue dress with a white bonnet watching the spotlight while a boy climbs up the back of her chair. To her left is a boy in a dark blue shirt looking to the right. To her right is a girl in a red dress looking to the lower, left-hand corner. Finally, there is a toddler looking straight at the customer wearing a blue-and-red outfit eating a candy-cane and holding a treat. The back advertises a concert performance.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Catarrh, Headache, Indigestion, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Scrofula
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Candy Canes, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Snack Foods
- ID
- WH150
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Shelter Roof of the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with view of the interior roof solarium at New York Nursery and Child's Hospital in Manhattan. Children sit on stools in front of cribs and three nurses are seen in the background. | Inset image on top back of a child with the caption: "A 'Boarding Out' Baby." | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from A. H. M. to M. A. Newberry in Ann Arbor, Mich., asking how school is going and mentioning a heavy snowstorm.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Nursery and Child’s Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Children -- Hospitals, Hospital wards, Children, Roofs, Sunspaces, Beds, Nurses, Women nurses, Cribs (Children's furniture), Stools
- ID
- nycm_345
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a young girl holding hands with two boys on either side of her. The three figures are ice skating. In the lower, right corner is a dog who also seems to be ice skating. There is a leafless tree on the right of the card with a thermometer overlayed on top of it. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Inflammation, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Throat—Diseases
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Costume, Dogs, Dress And Clothing, Ice Skating, Thermometers, Trees, Winter
- ID
- WH339
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring three figures and a dog. Towards the left is a boy courting a girl with a flower. In his right hand is a discus-type object. Between them is a dog holding a flower in its mouth. Towards the right is a boy lying down reading a book. He is wearing glasses and a small hat with a decoration on top. On the far right side of the card is a wreath of flowers and leaves. To its left is a thermometer. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Inflammation, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Throat—Diseases
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Books And Reading, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Costume, Dogs, Dress And Clothing, Eyeglasses, Flowers, Flying Discs (Game), Hats, Thermometers
- ID
- WH340
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring three figures and a dog. In the forefront are two boys sword fighting. They both have shields and are dressed in formal clothing. At the left-most figure's feet is a dog running away from the fight. Behind the fighting duo is a girl with her back turned to the customer. She looks like she is crying. On the right-hand side of the card is a wreath of flowers, greens, grapes, berries, and grasses. To its left is a thermometer. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Inflammation, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Throat—Diseases
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing, Costume, Dogs, Fruits, Hats, Leaves, Nature, Plants, Shields, Sword Play, Swords, Thermometers, Vegetables
- ID
- WH341
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a young girl holding hands with two boys on either side of her. The three figures are ice skating. In the lower, right corner is a dog who also seems to be ice skating. There is a leafless tree on the right of the card with a thermometer overlayed on top of it. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Throat—Diseases
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Costume, Dogs, Dress And Clothing, Ice Skating, Thermometers, Trees, Winter
- ID
- WH199
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards