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- Title
- Parker's Ginger Tonic: the Best Health and Strength Restorer
- Description
- Trade card advertising Parker's Ginger Tonic, Parker's Hair Balsam, and Floreston Cologne featuring a text-based panel flanked by two images of men. The one on the left features a man bending over in what seems to be a coughing fit. The one on the right features a man at peace who seems to have just taken the Tonic being advertised. The back lists the benefits of each item advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cough, Dandruff, Indigestion, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Men, Men's Clothing, Men's Hats
- ID
- WH180
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Parker's Ginger Tonic
- Description
- Trade card advertising Parker's Hair Balsam and Parker's Ginger Tonic featuring a formally-dressed man sitting in an armchair defending himself against devilish creatures with an oversized box of Parker's Ginger Tonic. On the creatures' wings are written various ailments the Tonic cures. There is a broken crutch by the man's feet. The back describes the ailments the Balsam and the Tonic cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Body Fluids, Cold (Disease), Cough, Dandruff, Diarrhea, Heartburn, Indigestion, Itching, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Crutches, Demonology, Devil, Domestic Space, Folklore, Men, Mythology
- ID
- WH318
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Malena is the best remedy on Earth [from verso]
- Description
- Back of trade card advertising Malena, a remedy for skin disorders and joint diseases. Text provides instructions on use for various ailments.
- Manufacturer
- Malena Co. (Warriors Mark (Pa.: Township))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH300
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- In every Home much sickness and suffering can be prevented by the discreet use of Parker's Ginger Tonic
- Description
- Trade card advertising Parker's Hair Balsam, Parker's Ginger Tonic, and Hindercorns featuring two young children. The girl, on the left-hand side of the card is looking at the customer with her hands around the back of her neck. She is wearing a red-and-white top of some sort. The boy, on the right-hand side of the card is in profile and is wearing a golden wreath of laurels. The back lists the benefits of each item advertised and contains customer testimony.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Acne, Asthma, Body Fluids, Bronchitis, Bunion, Cold (Disease), Corns, Dandruff, Diarrhea, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Itching, Malaria, Rheumatism, Warts
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Children, Wreaths
- ID
- WH317
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards