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Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Colds, Coughs, and all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a girl in a dress using her hat to carry cherries and holding a sprig of cherries in her hand. She is in a field with hills and water in the distance. The back has an image of a hand pouring out a spoonful of medicine from a bottle and text urging people to treat various ailments with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease), Cough
Subjects (LC): Clothing And Dress, Fruit, Girls, Nature, Women's Hats
ID: WH116
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: 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: The Talking Well [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young lady reclining on the edge of a water pail that is attached to a well's pulley system. Behind her is a stone wall over which a young man is peering. They are both in formal dress. There is a castle in the background. The back lists the ailments the advertised medicines can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Throats—Diseases
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Castles, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Ethnic Costume, Feathers, Grasses, Hair Ornaments, Hats, Leaves, Men's Hats, Nature, Pails, Stone Walls, Trees, Wells
ID: WH287
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Le Petit Berger
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring five figures and a dog in a country landscape. There are sheep in a fenced-in field behind them, and one of the figures is standing and playing a horn. He holds a staff and has a bag on his back. There is a path in the field and a body of water and a town in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Baby Bonnets, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Dogs, Grasslands, Hats, Hats, Nature, Scarves, Sheep, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trails, Trees, Water, Wooden Fences
ID: WH213
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: Dr. Morses
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Morse's Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root featuring a woman with a woven backpack filled with grapes, gold hooped earrings, a verdant dress, and a grape hook in her right hand. She is barefooted, and there is a snail by her left foot. She has a bunch of grapes in her left hand. Her sash reads: "BORDEAUX."
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Baskets, Costume, Dress And Clothing, Earrings, Ethnic Costume, Gold Jewelry, Grapes, Grasslands, Hats, Leaves, Nature, Scarves, Snails, Wine, Women's Hats
ID: WH176
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Nearly 50 Years the Favorite: Piso's Cure a Medicine for Coughs, Colds Etc.
Description: Trade card advertising Piso's Cure featuring a woman pulling a red-headed boy over a wooden fence by the back neck of his shirt. His hat is falling off, and he is barefooted. She is blond and is wearing a small, brown hat. There are fruit trees on the woman's side of the fence. The back is a blank template for a postcard.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease), Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Fruit Trees, Hats, Nature, Trees, Wooden Fences
ID: WH330
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Nearly 50 Years the Favorite: Piso's Cure a Medicine for Coughs Colds Etc.
Description: Trade card advertising Piso's Cure featuring a scene of two men constructing or deconstructing a wooden dock on the Allegheny River. A red-wheeled wheelbarrow on the bank holds wooden planks. There is an island in river that has a red-and-white house. There are forested hills on the farther shorelines. The back is a blank template for a postcard.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease), Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Carpenters, Carts And Carriages, Hats, Housing, Islands, Marshes, Nature, Trees, Water, Woodworkers
ID: WH329
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: 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: WH291
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: Lydia E. Pinkham's Grandchildren
Description: Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier featuring two little girls in white, ruffled dresses standing in front of some rocks. They are both wearing brown hats. The left-most girl's hat has a red ribbon on it, and she holds flowers in her right hand. The right-most girl's hat has a blue ribbon on it. Behind them is a grass field with trees. The back lists the ailments the items can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthenia, Backache, Body Fluids, Depression, Erysipelas, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Scrofula, Tumors
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Dress And Clothing, Grasslands, Lace And Lacemaking, Nature, Portraits, Trees, Water
ID: WH192
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ils barbotent dans l'eau toute la journée!...jamais de rhume, jamais de fatigue, depuis qu'ils prennent leurs 20 gouttes de véritable Fer Bravais
Description: Trade card advertising Fer Bravais featuring two formally-dressed children on a beach looking at a toy sailboat. By their feet are a pail, a crab, and a shovel. The image is framed by a myriad of aquatic and maritime items. The back lists the ailments Fer Bravais can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Chlorosis, Fatigue, Influenza, Typhoid Fever
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Anchors, Animals, Beaches, Boats And Boating, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Coral Colonies, Costume, Crabs, Ethnic Costume, Lighthouses, Marine Algae, Nature, Ocean, Sailboats—Models, Sand Pails, Sand Toys, Shovels, Water
ID: WH201
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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