Items

Title: The Late James R. Wood, M.D.
Description: Trade card featuring a portarit of a mustached man in a dress suit. He is wearing a bowtie, and his hair is slicked to one side.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Ethnic Costume, Mustaches, Neckties, Portraits
ID: WH301F
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: This is all right, Hood's Sarsaparilla Can't Fool me twice
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring an elderly man outside a pharmacy looking at a box of Hood's Sarsaparilla. He is wearing a yellow jacket and holding a red umbrella under his left arm. Behind him are buildings and a fountain. The back is an advertisement for a concert as well as a description of the ailments Hood's Sarsaparilla can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Headache, Indigestion
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Clothing And Dress, Drugstores, Fountains, Hats, Men, Men's Hats, Owls, Portraits, Umbrellas, Water
ID: WH389
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: This is all right, Hood's Sarsaparilla Can't Fool me twice
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring an elderly man outside a pharmacy looking at a box of Hood's Sarsaparilla. He is wearing a yellow jacket and holding a red umbrella under his left arm. Behind him are buildings and a fountain. The back is an advertisement for a concert as well as a description of the ailments Hood's Sarsaparilla can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Headache, Indigestion
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Clothing And Dress, Drugstores, Fountains, Hats, Men, Men's Hats, Owls, Portraits, Umbrellas, Water
ID: WH388
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Our Boy: Compliments of Scott & Bowne Manufacturers of Scott's Emulsion
Description: Trade card advertising Scott's Emulsion featuring a portrait of a young boy in a nautical outfit. He has brown, curly hair, blue eyes, and flushed cheeks. The back lists the ailments the Emulsion can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Anemia, Cold (Disease), Cough, Scrofula, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Portraits
ID: WH350
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Our Boy: Compliments of Scott & Bowne Manufacturers of Scott's Emulsion
Description: Trade card advertising Scott's Emulsion featuring a portrait of a young boy in a nautical outfit. He has brown, curly hair, blue eyes, and flushed cheeks. The back lists the ailments the Emulsion can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Anemia, Cold (Disease), Cough, Scrofula, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Portraits
ID: WH349
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Vegetine: The Great Blood Purifier
Description: Trade card advertisng Vegetine featuring a young woman leaning over a wooden fence. Her arms are crossed in front of her, and she is holding a glass bottle of Vegetine in her left hand. Behind her is a tree with white flowers. The back describes the ailments Vegetine can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Acne, Body Fluids, Furuncle, Peptic Ulcer, Ringworm, Salt Rheum
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Flowers, Nature, Portraits, Trees, Wooden Fences
ID: WH370
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: Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills featuring a young girl who seems to be praying on a bed. She is barefoot and wearing a nightgown. There is a pillow by her knees. The back has testimony from satisfied customers.
Conditions Cured (LC): Headache
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Children, Children—Prayers And Devotions, Pillows, Portraits
ID: WH303
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: Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham
Description: Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills featuring the portrait of an elderly woman gazing into the distance towards the left-hand side of the card. She has a lace shawl pinned around her shoulders and neck. The back lists the ailments the items can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Brooches, Clothing And Dress, Lace And Lacemaking, Portraits, Shawls
ID: WH188
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Enfoncé! Plus de malades à soigner depuis que tout le monde prend 20 gouttes de véritable Fer Bravais avant chaque repas
Description: Trade card advertising Fer Bravais featuring a young girl wearing a pointed hat and apron with her arms outstretched, surrounded by a blue fleur de lis border. The back lists the ailments Fer Bravais can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Chlorosis, Fatigue, Influenza, Typhoid Fever
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Hats, Portraits, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
ID: WH200
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies the Blood, Makes the Weak Strong, Creates an Appetite
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring a young girl resting her chin in her hands on a pink-colored ledge with Hood's Sarsaparilla written on it. She is wearing a blue dress with white frills at the cuffs and a white garment on her head. She has a gold ring on the ring-finger of her right hand and short, dark-brown bangs. The back is an advertisement for a concert and variety program.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Children, Children's Clothing, Portraits
Language: English
ID: WH142
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies the Blood: Be Sure to Get Hood's
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring a landscape and a portarit of a young woman. The landscape shows a forest with a river. The portrait is of a young woman with flower berrets in her hair with matching earrings. She is wearing a blue dress with a white-framed neckline and a dark-blue ribbon on her right shoulder. She has long, light-brown hair. These images are framed by light-red flowers. The back advertises vaudeville acts.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Earrings, Embankments, Flowers, Forests And Forestry, Hair Ornaments, Hairstyles, Portraits, Ribbons, Trees, Water, Women's Clothing
ID: WH145
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Who Said Hood's Sarsaparilla?
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring three babies in white frocks crawling towards the customer. A quote on the bottom reads "Who said Hood's Sarsaparilla?" The back explains the benefits and curative properties of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Conditions Cured (LC): Body Fluids, Headache, Salt Rheum, Scrofula
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Babies, Portraits
ID: WH151
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: 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: Catarrh, Neuralgia & Headache No More! Cushman's Menthol Inhaler Cures Diseases of the Head Including Hay-Fever, Colds & Bronchitis
Description: Trade card advertising Cushman's Menthol Inhaler featuring a young woman smoking. She is wearing a feathered hat with long-sleeved shirt or dress with ruffled sleeves, a bodice, and a wrapped garment around her bosom and neck. The back explains what the inhaler is, its price, and has an illustration of a woman looking over her back, right shoulder at the buyer while she smokes. The card is tinted brown.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bronchitis, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Inhalers, Portraits, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
ID: WH136
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Catarrh, Neuralgia & Headache No More! Cushman's Menthol Inhaler Cures Diseases of the Head Including Hay-Fever, Colds & Bronchitis
Description: Trade card advertising Cushman's Menthol Inhaler featuring a young woman using the inhaler. She is wearing a feathered hat and a long-sleeved shirt or dress with ruffled sleeves, a bodice, and a wrapped garment around her bosom and neck. The back explains what the inhaler is, its price, and has an illustration of a woman looking over her back, right shoulder at the buyer while using the inhaler. The card is tinted blue-green.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bronchitis, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Inhalers, Portraits, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
ID: WH135
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: 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

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