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- 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
- Dundas Dick & Co.'s Compliments of the Season, 1875
- Description
- Trade card from Dundas Dick & Co. featuring a greeting card with writing that reads: "Dundas Dick & Co.'s Compliments of the season, 1875." Surrounding this card are autumnal leaves. The back features a nineteenth-century calendar.
- Subjects (LC)
- Acorns, Advertising—Medicine, Leaves, Nature
- ID
- WH261
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies the blood, creates an appetite, makes the weak strong, and builds up the system
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring a cupid-like boy with small wings and a blue garment around his waist. He is marching while playing a golden horn and holding a yellow box of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The back lists the health benefits of blood purification, as well as the ingredients in Hood's Sarsaparilla.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Body Fluids, Constipation, Furuncle, Headache, Indigestion, Salt Rheum, Scrofula, Syphilis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Angels, Cherubs, Folklore, Musical Instruments, Mythology
- ID
- WH143
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. Ingham's Nervine Pain Extractor
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Dr. Ingham's Nervine Pain Extractor, a general purpose painkiller recommended for gastroenterological diseases.
- Subjects (LC)
- Fans, Kissing, Vines
- Manufacturer
- Dr. H.A. Ingham and Co. (Vergennes (Vt.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH280
- 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
- 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
- Chocolat-Louit
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising chocolate and tapioca preparations manufactured in France.
- Subjects (LC)
- Aged Persons, Living rooms, Physicians
- Manufacturer
- Louit-Freres and Co. (Bordeaux (France))
- Language
- French
- ID
- WH294
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Pillole Aglina Zoja
- Description
- Postcard printed on two sides advertising Pillole Aglina Zoja, a remedy for respiratory diseases.
- Subjects (LC)
- Boxes, Maps
- Manufacturer
- Laboratorio Chimico Farmaceutico Giorgio Zoja
- Language
- Italian
- ID
- WH385
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Jame's Pyle's Pearline
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides, advertising Pearline detergent.
- Subjects (LC)
- Children and animals, Dogs
- Manufacturer
- James Pyle, [s.l.]
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH319
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- A Fact Worth Remembering [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides, advertising Cashmere Bouquet toilet soap.
- Manufacturer
- Colgate & Company (New York (N.Y.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH134
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Use Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient, a remedy for digestive ailments.
- Subjects (LC)
- Baskets, Girls
- Manufacturer
- Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH362
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Headache Cured. Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills, a Certain Relief
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills featuring a baby sleeping in a basket and a dog sitting erect in a chair next to it. By the end of the basket are various dishes and a jug. There is a rag of some sort by the foot of the chair draped over these items. The back lists the ailments Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Headache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Blankets, Chairs, Children, Dogs, Domestic Space, Infants, Pitchers, Sleep, Sleep Positions
- ID
- WH304
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills featuring an image of the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River with many boats sailing below it. One can see the shores of both Brooklyn and Manhattan. The back lists the benefits of the Vegetable Compound and the Liver Pills.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Depression, Mental, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Bridges, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), Rivers, Sailboats, Sailing Ships, Waterfronts
- ID
- WH183
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- It pays to be well — take Cas-car-ria if sick — and save money [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Cas-car-ria featuring a young girl with a dog running devil-esque creatures, presumably representing the ailments listed next to their bodies, into the water. The girl is wearing a bright pink dress and holds a switch in her hand. The dog is large and brown and white. The back quotes a piece by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Cliffs, Demonology, Devil, Dogs, Folklore, Grasslands, Mythology, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trees, Water
- ID
- WH247
- 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
- Phares de la Bastille
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising popular department store in Paris.
- Subjects (LC)
- Boars, Hunting, Hunting dogs
- Manufacturer
- Phares de la Bastille
- Language
- French
- ID
- WH321
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Pardee Medicine Co.
- Manufacturer
- Pardee Medicine Co. (Rochester (N.Y.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH316
- 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
- Brown's Iron Bitters the Best Tonic Cures Malaria, Dyspepsia & Female Infirmities
- Description
- Trade card advertising Brown's Iron Bitters featuring a framed portrait of a woman's head. The glass of the frame is broken, revealing the woman's nose and mouth. She has brown hair that is in an updo and is wearing a brown dress and gold, hooped earrings. The back describes the disease malaria and how the Iron Bitters can help cure it.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Indigestion, Malaria
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bows, Earrings, Glass, Gold Jewelry, Hair Ornaments, Picture Frames And Framing, Portrait Frames, Portraits, Ribbons, Women
- ID
- WH238
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- N'aie pas peur, petite soeur! Elle ne nous attrapera pas! ... Nos 20 gouttes de véritable Fer Bravais nous ont donné de la force et de bonnes jambes
- Description
- Trade card advertising Fer Bravais featuring two children running away from a horned goat. The three figures are in a grassy field, and there are two containers at the goat's feet. The image is framed with a forest motif that includes autumnal leaves, acorns, and a lizard. The back lists the ailments Fer Bravais can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Chlorosis, Fatigue, Influenza, Typhoid Fever
- Subjects (LC)
- Acorns, Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Goats, Grasslands, Leaves, Lizards, Nature, Pails
- ID
- WH202
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards