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Title: 03. William Burke--a new song
Description: Tipped in ballad, illustrated. Undated.
ID: RM1001P006R00A0
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 26. Authentic confessions of William Burk, who was executed at Edinburgh, on 28th January 1829, for murder, emited before the sheriff-substitute of Edinburgh, the Rev. Mr Reid, Catholic priest, and others, in the jail, on 3d and 22d January
Description: Disbound pamphlet. Illustrated. Portrait of William Burke appears on the title page. An illustration of Daft Jamie appears on page 7.
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 27. An account of William Burke, who was executed at Edinburgh, on Wednesday the 28th day of January, 1829, for murder : with the confession he made while under sentence of death
Description: Tract printed on laid paper. Disbound and mounted. Illustrated title page. At head of title: Cheap tracts, no. 16.
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: A 6% Dividend Paid in 1912
Description: A single sheet folded leaflet stating that "8,643 children under 5 years of age" were saved in 1912 thanks to a 6 percent reduction in the infant mortality rate from 1911. This "6% dividend" was paid as a result of the increased availablity of clean milk provided by the New York Milk Committee. The inside provides a bar graph displaying the continously falling infant mortality rate from 1901 to 1905, and asks the reader to consider what the record for 1913 will be if this trend can be continued.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Mortality, Milk hygiene, Nutrition, Statistics
ID: mk1e003
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

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: A Free Sample Bottle of Warner's Safe Cure
Description: Trade card advertising Warner's Safe Cure featuring a photograph of a woman's face surrounded by white fabric, lace, and feathers. The back details how to get a free sample of Warner's Safe Cure and lists the ailments it cures.
Conditions Cured (LC): Abscess, Acne, Asthma, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Bright's Disease, Catarrh, Constipation, Convulsions, Convulsions, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Edema, Fatigue, Food Poisoning, Gout, Headache, Impotence, Indigestion, Jaundice, Malaria, Neuralgia, Neurasthenia, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tumors, Urinary Organs—Calculi, Vertigo
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Feathers, Hats, Lace And Lacemaking, Portraits, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH375
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: A Letter to Expectant Mothers
Description: Illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table, this New York Milk Committee circular aims at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
ID: mk1e035
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: A Letter to Expectant Mothers [Yiddish]
Description: A Yiddish language circular of the New York Milk Committee, illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table and aimed at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
ID: mk1e036m001
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: A Simple Catechism [from verso]
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Slaven's Effervescent Fruit Salt, a remedy for digestive ailments.
Subjects (LC): Dolls, Monocles, Top hats
Language: English
ID: WH353
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: A laconic narrative of the life and death of James Wilson, known by the name of Daft Jamie; to which is added, a few anecdotes relative to him and his old friend Boby Awl, an idiot who strolled about Edinburgh for many years
Description: Chapbook that has been disbound and mounted in a window-pane style. Illustrated.
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: Abernethy, John
ID: ladd_634
Collection: William S. Ladd Collection of Prints

Title: Abernethy, John
ID: ladd_009
Collection: William S. Ladd Collection of Prints

Title: Abernethy, John
ID: ladd_008
Collection: William S. Ladd Collection of Prints

Title: Accomplishments: January-July, 1912
Description: A four page brochure of New York Milk Committee progress reports detailing accomplishments achieved in the first six months of 1912. The brochure's cover is adorned with a photo montage of healthy infants, while the back extol's the Committee's work during its first year of activity.
Subjects (LC): Progress, Milk, Standardization, Education, Infants
ID: nk1e046
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Aesculapius
ID: ladd_010
Collection: William S. Ladd Collection of Prints

Title: Aesculapius
ID: ladd_011
Collection: William S. Ladd Collection of Prints

Title: Agassiz, Louis
ID: ladd_012
Collection: William S. Ladd Collection of Prints

Title: Agassiz, Louis
ID: ladd_013
Collection: William S. Ladd Collection of Prints

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of a man in a dress jacket and top hat standing up from a park bench upon noticing that he has been sitting in wet paint. Picture is tinted blue.
Subjects (LC): Benches, Hats, Men's Clothing, Parks, Yeast
ID: WH103
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of a man in a dress jacket and top hat standing up from a park bench upon noticing that he has been sitting in wet paint. Picture is tinted red.
Subjects (LC): Benches, Hats, Men's Clothing, Parks, Yeast
ID: WH104
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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