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- Title
- Dr. Morse's Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root Regulating the Liver and Digestive Organs and Purifying the Blood
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Morse's Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root featuring a tree populated by various animals. At its base is a bull. There are two quadruped animals in its branches. An owl perches on the frame of the advertisement text. In the background is a body of water with birds flying over it.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Birds, Bulls, Nature, Owls, Trees, Water
- ID
- WH387F
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Old Doctor Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges
- Description
- Trade card advertising Old Dr. Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges featuring a wintry landscape. In the foreground is a rabbit standing on its hind legs. Behind it is crouching another rabbit under an overhang of grasses. A raccoon-like animal is stalking the upright rabbit from atop the mound of grasses. It is peering out at the rabbit from behind a snow-covered tree.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cats, Flowers, Grasses, Grasslands, Nature, Predatory Animals, Snow, Trees
- ID
- WH358
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Old Doctor Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges
- Description
- Trade card advertising Old Dr. Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges featuring a landscape with a white rat in the foreground. The rat is on its hind legs in a field of grass and red flowers. Behind it is a tree with an owl in it.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Brick Walls, Flowers, Grasses, Grasslands, Nature, Nature, Owls, Rats, Trees
- ID
- WH356
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- P. S. Brown & Co., Botanic Druggists
- Description
- Trade card advertising druggists P. S. Brown & Co. featuring a deer on the bank of a body of water. The deer is surrounded by different-colored ferns and blue flowers.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Animals, Deer, Flowers, Nature, Trees, Water, Water Lilies
- ID
- WH205
- 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
- The Jerseys [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl flanked by two milk cows. She is facing the audience and carrying a metal pail in her left hand. She is wearing a pink dress with white accents and a white bonnet. The cows are light brown, and all three figures are in a field with mountains and a sunset behind them. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cows, Dairy Cattle—Feeding And Feeds, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Forests And Forestry, Grasslands, Mountains, Nature, Pitchers, Sunset Phenomena, Trees, Women, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH284
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Jerseys [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Vermifuge, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl flanked by two milk cows. She is facing the audience and carrying a metal pail in her left hand. She is wearing a pink dress with white accents and a white bonnet. The cows are light brown, and all three figures are in a field with mountains and a sunset behind them. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cows, Dairy Cattle—Feeding And Feeds, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Forests And Forestry, Grasslands, Mountains, Nature, Pitchers, Sunset Phenomena, Trees, Women, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH164
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Jerseys [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl flanked by two milk cows. She is facing the audience and carrying a metal pail in her left hand. She is wearing a pink dress with white accents and a white bonnet. The cows are light brown, and all three figures are in a field with mountains and a sunset behind them. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cows, Dairy Cattle—Feeding And Feeds, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Forests And Forestry, Grasslands, Mountains, Nature, Pitchers, Sunset Phenomena, Trees, Women, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH163
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Where the Injured From the Burning of the "General Slocum" Were Taken
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard showing Lincoln Hospital and Home of New York in the Bronx. The view is from the left side and shows the hospital building with an American flag on top of the roof and a spacious tree-lined approach. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on bottom of front from Myrtle to Miss Emma Nunn of German Valley, N.J.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Bronx County, Hospital buildings, Lincoln Hospital and Home (New York, N.Y.), Colored Home and Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Lincoln Hospital (New York, N.Y.), African Americans -- Hospitals, Trees, Lawns, Driveways, General Slocum (Steamboat), Hospitals
- ID
- nycbx_040
- Geographic Subject
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Doctors Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with view of Doctors Hospital in Manhattan from across a wide lawn edged by trees. People sitting on benches are visible at the edge of the lawn. Printed on divider on back: Photograph by Hugh M. Miller Jr. | Postcard sent with three-cent Thomas Jefferson stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Rheba to Mrs. Eduardo Hurtado in Metuchen, N.J., letting her know that Mildred is not well.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Hospital buildings, Doctors Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Beth Israel Medical Center (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Grass, Lawns, Benches, People, Carl Schurz Park (New York, N.Y.), Miller, Hugh M., Jr., Hospitals
- ID
- nycm_222
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Woman's Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with view of Woman's Hospital in Manhattan showing its entrance, fenced-in grounds, and trees along the street. | Caption at top left of back describes the hospital and its capacity. | Card not posted.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Woman's Hospital, Women's hospitals, Maternal health services, Trees, Hospitals
- ID
- nycm_480
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Aerial View, Sea View Hospital
- Description
- Color postcard of an aerial view of Seaview Hospital in Staten Island showing the sanitarium complex including eight ward buildings and a large central building, as well as gardens, lawns, trees, and shrubs. | Postcard sent with two-cent John Adams stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Frank to Mr. and Mrs. James Moffitt in Mechanicsburg, Pa., thanking them for their two letters and saying how they are all well except for Mary.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Richmond County, Seaview Hospital and Home, Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, Gardens, Trees, Shrubs, Sanatoriums, Tuberculosis -- Hospitals, Lawns
- ID
- nycsi_028
- Geographic Subject
- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Flushing Hospital
- Description
- Color postcard with image of Flushing Hospital in Queens with red-and-white awnings at windows, a tree in front, and a car. Neighboring houses are also visible. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Mrs. Young to Miss Saddie Holmes of Monticello, N.Y., about the weather and the departure of Holmes's mother.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Queens County, Flushing Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Flushing Hospital and Medical Center (New York, N.Y.), Awnings, Automobiles, Dwellings, Housing, Single family, Roads, Trees, Porches
- ID
- nycq_007
- Geographic Subject
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Collection
- Robert Matz Hospital Postcards -- Queens
- Title
- German Hospital
- Description
- Color postcard with view of the German Hospital in Manhattan. The hospital name is on a sign on the roof and a large industrial chimney is visible. Two trees are in front of the building and a few parked cars are alongside it. The fenced-in Park Avenue median, filled with bushes, is visible in the foreground. A large apartment building stands to the right of the hospital. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Alvina Fengler to her husband, Mr. Adolph Fengler of Wallingford, Conn. She writes that she has arrived and is having a nice time.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, German Hospital and Dispensary in the City of New York, German Dispensary (New York, N.Y.), Lenox Hill Hospital, Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Fences, Chimneys, Streets, Automobiles, Apartment houses, Dwellings
- ID
- nycm_244
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- St. John's Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with view of St. John's Hospital in Long Island City, Queens. The front lawn, lampposts, trees, and shrubbery are seen along the front of the building. Small message space on left-hand side of image on front. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on front from Addy to Miss Daisy Apgar in Frenchtown, N.J., discussing the attractive nurses at the hospital.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, St. John’s Hospital (Long Island City, New York, N.Y.), St. John’s Long Island City Hospital (Long Island City, New York, N.Y.), Sidewalks, Lawns, Trees, Streets, Shrubs, Apartment houses, Dwellings
- ID
- nycq_051
- Geographic Subject
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Flushing Hospital on Forest Avenue
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with image of Flushing Hospital in Queens. Horses and carriages are parked in front, and there are bare trees and lawns in the foreground. Small message space to the right of the image. | Postcard sent with two-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Josie to Mrs. Geddes in Weaks Mill, Me., about her vacation.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, Flushing Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Flushing Hospital and Medical Center (New York, N.Y.), Horses, Trees, Porches, Lawns, Carriages and carts, Horse-drawn vehicles, Housing, Single family, Dwellings
- ID
- nycq_005
- Geographic Subject
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Jamaica Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with image of Jamaica Hospital's wooden building from across a Queens street. There is snow on the ground and a woman stands in front of the building; a horse and carriage are partially visible on the left-hand side. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Carrie to Mrs. Ada F. Smith of Freeport, Long Island, telling her she has arrived at home.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, Jamaica Hospital (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.), Porches, Snow, People, Pedestrians, Trees
- ID
- nycq_021
- Geographic Subject
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Dr. Campbell's Hospital
- Description
- Color postcard showing Dr. Campbell's Hospital (later Trinity Hospital) in Brooklyn. The hospital is a white wooden building with an American flag atop a cupola; two men walk down the sidewalk in front. The building is encircled by a metal fence and a few trees are seen on the sidewalk. | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Hattie to Mrs. J. C. Armstrong of Paulding, Ohio. Hattie writes that the paralysis is not so bad and that there have been 33 deaths on their street. [Considering the date of the postcard, she is presumably referring to the polio epidemic of 1916.]
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, Dr. Campbell's Hospital, Trinity Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Poliomyelitis -- New York (State) -- New York, Men, Pedestrians, People, Housing, Single family, Dwellings, Trees, Flags -- United States, Campbell, William Francis, 1865-1926
- ID
- nycbk_041
- Geographic Subject
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Bethany Deaconesses' Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard showing a view of Bethany Deaconess Hospital in Brooklyn. The entrance and a columned porch are visible; a metal gate entwined with greenery encircles the building. Message space to the right of the image. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from E. V. to her sister Mrs. H. Dwight stating that she is in good health in the mountains.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, Bethany Deaconess Hospital, Methodist hospitals, Trees, Fences, Fire escapes
- ID
- nycbk_002
- Geographic Subject
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- City Hospital at Elmhurst
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with a slightly elevated view of City Hospital in Queens and its surrounding lawns and grounds. Cars are parked along the tree-lined street. A parking lot is visible in the center background, as well as neighboring apartment buildings. | Card not posted.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Queens County, Elmhurst Hospital Center (Elmhurst, New York, N.Y.), Automobiles, Lawns, Sidewalks, Paths, Trees, Parking lots, Apartment houses, Dwellings
- ID
- nycq_002
- Geographic Subject
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)