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- Title
- Ayer's Sarsaparilla Purifies the Blood, Stimulates the Vital Functions, restores and preserves Health…
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Sarsaparilla featuring an image of two women in dresses around a table outdoors. The woman on the left is in a pink dress, sitting in a padded chair and resting her hand on a bottle on the table. The woman on the right wears a blue dress and hat and leans against a pillar with an urn of flowers on it. Two children play with a dog by their feet. 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)
- Acne, Erysipelas, Furuncle, Indigestion, Jaundice, Lymph Node, Neuralgia, Peptic Ulcer, Rheumatism, Ringworm, Tuberculosis, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Dogs, Flowers, Sarsaparilla, Women, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH113
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Horsfords Acid Phosphate for Mental & Physical Exhaustion, Dyspepsia, &c.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate featuring a young girl looking desolately out into the distance. She is wearing a white garment and a white bonnet with a dark pink bow. She is resting her chin on her crossed forearms. Below her arms is text that reads "Our Pet." To the left is a compendium of flowers. The back lists the ailments Horsford's Acid Phospate cures.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Fatigue, Headache, Hysteria, Indigestion, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Portraits, Ribbons
- ID
- WH156
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love ...
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl leaning on a sign and a young boy who is seemingly courting her with a bunch of grapes. He is holding a blue box or book and is wearing an ornate hat with a long feather in it. She is wearing a flowing dress. Behind them is a tree with foliage. The back lists the ailments the advertised medicines cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Children, Children's Hats, Costume, Feathers, Gifts, Hats, Leaves, Trees
- ID
- WH286
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Horsfords Acid Phosphate for Mental & Physical Exhaustion, Dyspepsia, &c.: It Makes a Delicious Drink with Water & Sugar Only
- Description
- Trade card advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate featuring the face of a young girl in a red bonnet with medium-length, curly hair. She is wearing a lettered necklace whose beads read "Horsford's Acid Phosphate." The back lists the ailments Horsford's Acid Phospate cures.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Fatigue, Headache, Hysteria, Indigestion, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Hats, Jewelry
- ID
- WH158
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Horsfords Acid Phosphate for Mental & Physical Exhaustion, Dyspepsia, &c.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate featuring a young girl looking desolately out into the distance. She is wearing a white garment and a white bonnet with a dark pink bow. She is resting her chin on her crossed forearms. Below her arms is text that reads "Our Pet." To the left is a compendium of flowers. The back lists the ailments Horsford's Acid Phospate cures.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Fatigue, Headache, Hysteria, Indigestion, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Portraits, Ribbons
- ID
- WH155
- 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
- Dr. Morses Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root the Great Blood Purifier
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Morse's Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root featuring a young boy filling up a pail of water on his lap. He is wearing casual clothing and a hat. Water is splashing out of the pail, and he seems to be holding a stick or ladle that is resting within the pail with his left hand.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Body Fluids
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Hats, Pails
- ID
- WH174
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. Morses Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root the Great Blood Purifier
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Morse's Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root featuring a young boy riding a toy horse's saddle. He is wearing traditional horse-riding garb with a riding crop in his right hand.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Malaria
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Hats, Horses, Toys
- ID
- WH175
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- L. C. Smith, Druggist, Rockville, Conn.
- Description
- Trade card advertising a druggist named L. C. Smith featuring a young boy leaning up against a tree reading, and a young girl standing behind him, touching his hair with a sprig of flowers. The two are in a grassy area with rocks and bushes.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Books And Reading, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Grasslands, Hats, Nature, Rocks, Scarves, Trees
- ID
- WH204
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Ayer's Cathartic Pills: the Country Doctor
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Cathartic Pills featuring an African-American man sitting with a little girl on his knee and a little boy sitting on the ground by his feet. The man is in formal attire, including a hat and eyeglasses, and is holding a pill box with the word Ayer's on it in his left hand and a pill in his right hand. The little girl is in a red-and-white, polka-dot dress and is holding a leaflet titled Ayer's Pills. The boy is looking up at them and holds something in his right hand. At the man's feet and the boy's knees is an open medicine case filled with Ayer's products. 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, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Dysentery, Edema, Gout, Headache, Heartburn, Hemorrhoids, Indigestion, Jaundice, Nausea, Neuralgia, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, African American Children, African American Men, African Americans, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Eyeglasses, Families, Men's Clothing, Old Age
- ID
- WH120
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Compliments of The Athlophoros Company
- Description
- Trade card advertising Athlophoros, which is a remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia. It features an image of a young girl resting her chin on her hands and wearing a fancy dress, wide brim hat with a feather, and fingerless, lace gloves. The back describes rheumatism and neuralgia, along with the history and benefits of Athlophoros.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Neuralgia, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Children, Feathers, Girls, Gloves, Hats, Lace And Lacemaking, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH101
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- La Marée Montante, Au Secours!!
- Description
- Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring four figures playing on a shore. There are two boys and two girls. The boys seem to be helping the girls get to and from a large boulder without getting their clothes wet. There are sailboats in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Boats And Boating, Bows, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Girls, Marine Algae, Nature, Ocean, Ribbons, Rocks, Sailboats, Water
- ID
- WH211
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Little Red-Riding-Hood [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills featuring a young girl who is wearing a long, red cloak with a red bow at the top. She is facing the audience on the threshold of a door. Behind her is a snowy scene of pine trees, and to her right is a basket resting by her feet. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Headache, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baskets, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Costume, Doorways, Dress And Clothing, Folklore, Forests And Forestry, Nature, Ribbons, Snow, Trees, Winter
- ID
- WH161
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Horsfords Acid Phosphate for Mental & Physical Exhaustion, Dyspepsia, &c.: It Makes a Delicious Drink with Water & Sugar Only
- Description
- Trade card advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate featuring a young girl dancing in front of an elderly man who is seated on an armchair. He is playing an acordion. The back lists the ailments Horsford's Acid Phosphate can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Fatigue, Headache, Hysteria, Indigestion, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Children, Children's Clothing, Costume, Dance, Dress And Clothing, Families, Hats, Musical Instruments, Old Age, Shoes
- ID
- WH157
- 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
- Les Veillées—La Soirée Musicale
- Description
- Trade card featuring druggist John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring five formally-dressed figures playing music in a well-furnished house. One girl is playing the piano while another figure plays a stringed instrument. There are flowers in blue vases atop the piano. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Costume, Domestic Scenes, Ethnic Costume, Fans, Flower Vases, Flowers, Girls, Musical Instruments, Piano Ensembles, Ribbons, Rugs, Stringed Instruments
- ID
- WH210
- 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
- How Many Babies Did Die? (2)
- Description
- A double-sided postcard commending the efforts of Montclair, New Jersey to reduce the number of infants succumbing to diarrheal disease during the hot spell of July 1911. What the mortality rate could have been in other cities, had they followed Montclair's example, is explored. On the back, parents are urged to dress their children for comfort, not looks, during hot summer months.
- Subjects (LC)
- Child rearing, Infants' clothing, Children's clothing, Infants, Mortality, Nutrition, Statistics, Milk, Milk, Milk hygiene
- ID
- mk1e014m002
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- 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
- 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