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- Title
- Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
- Description
- Trade card advertising Morse's Indian Root Pills featuring a toddler crawling on the floor towards a collie. Behind the two is a cat peeking through a door at them from another room. The back has text explaining the benefits of Morse's Indian Root Pills.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Babies, Cats, Dogs, Domestic Space, Infants
- ID
- WH308
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Physicians Who Know the Value of Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam in Curing Bowel Complaints, Use It with Great Success
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam featuring statements from customers on the back, and on the front an image of a man pouring medicine into a spoon for a woman sitting in a chair. The man is on the right and wears knee-length pants with stockings, a long coat, a powdered wig, and a tricorne hat. He carries a walking stick under his arm. The woman is wearing a shawl and a bonnet and has a blanket over her lap and a pillow behind her head. The background of the card includes flowers, leaves, and berries.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diarrhea
- Subjects (LC)
- Berries, Flowers, Hats, Invalids, Leaves, Men, Shawls, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Women, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH109
- 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
- Sapanule: Cures Neuralgia, Diptheria, Rheumatism &c.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a scene reminscent of classical Chinese art. On the right side is a traditionally-dressed woman seemingly showing a man a group of white birds perched on a branch above them. There are what look like Southern Cattails in the left, bottom corner. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Eczema, Erysipelas, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Birds, China, Clothing And Dress—Chinese Influences, Clouds, Ethnic Costume, Flowers, Grasslands, Nature, Trees, Typha
- ID
- WH198
- 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
- The Best Tonic
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Best's Tonic.
- Subjects (LC)
- Portraits
- Manufacturer
- Philip Best Brewing Co.
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH227
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a well-dressed couple walking in a park. There is a Cupid figure watching them from behind a pedestal with a vase of flowers on it about to shoot them with his bow. There is a dog by the couple's feet. The park is ornate and has a fountain and paved paths. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Backache, Bruises, Bunion, Burns And Scalds, Catarrh, Chilblains, Furuncle, Hemorrhoids, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Sprains, Wounds And Injuries
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Costume, Dogs, Dress And Clothing, Eros (Greek Deity), Ethnic Costume, Flower Vases, Flowers, Folklore, Fountains, Garden Walks, Grasslands, Hats, Men's Clothing, Men's Hats, Men's Hats, Mythology, Nature, Parks, Pedestals, Trees, Water And Architecture, Women's Clothing
- ID
- WH197
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Buy it, Try it, and be Happy! Morse's Dyspepsia Cure, Holliston, Mass.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Morse's Dyspepsia Cure featuring an image of a lighthouse and a sailing ship in choppy waters. Text at bottom reads "Eddy Stone Light House." The back lists ailments that Morse's Dyspepsia Cure helps.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Palpitation
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Lighthouses, Sailboats, Sailing Ships, Water Waves
- ID
- WH177
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Morse's Yellow Dock the Great Blood Purifier and Kidney Remedy
- Description
- Trade card advertising Morse's Yellow Dock featuring a kitten's head turned to the right. The kitten is brown and white. The back has a dataset for countries around the world.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Cats
- ID
- WH310
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Thermaline
- Description
- Trimmed face of trade card advertising Thermaline; illustration of nosegay of roses, forget-me-nots, lilies of the valley etc.
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH363
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- John H. Sheehan & Co. Dealers in Drugs Medicines Perfumery and Toilet Articles
- Description
- Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring a bride-to-be being attended to by three people. The bride is seated in front of a vanity that is covered with flowers, possibly her bouquet. She is holding a book, as is one of the figures, the only male, who is directly behind her with his hat off. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Bows, Brides, Clothing And Dress, Domestic Dwellings, Ethnic Costume, Flowers, Hats, Veils, Wedding Costume, Women's Clothing
- ID
- WH212
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Use Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor, an analgesic. "Since 1840 it has never failed to give satisfaction."
- Subjects (LC)
- Horse racing
- Manufacturer
- Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH256
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Going for Kendall's Spavin Cure
- Description
- Trade card advertising Kendall's Spavin Cure featuring a horse pulling a man who is being pulled by a dog. The man is straddled around a wooden stake, holding the horse's reins. The dog has a spotted collar and is biting the man on his rearend. The back features testimony from satisfied customers.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Dogs, Horses, Men, Nature
- ID
- WH167
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for "feminine ailments."
- Manufacturer
- Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (Lynn (Mass.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH325
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills are a Sure Cure for Sick Headache
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills featuring a circular image of a small house in a wintry landscape. Spilling out of the circular frame are trees, some grasses, and a fence. Behind the circle is a cross-shaped pattern of blue and grey. The back has testimony from a satisfied customer.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Headache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Housing, Nature, Snow, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH298
- 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, Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills, Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash featuring a square image of a sailboat and a steamboat. There is a crescent moon in the sky to to the left. The square image is framed by overlaid reeds, grasses, and a white flower. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Flowers, Nature, Ocean, Rocks, Sailboats, Steamboats, Water
- ID
- WH326
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards