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- 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 a bouquet of red and purple flowers with green leaves. The back lists the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Flowers, Leaves, Nature
- ID
- WH189
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills featuring the portrait of an elderly woman gazing into the distance towards the left-hand side of the card. She has a lace shawl pinned around her shoulders and neck. The back lists the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Brooches, Clothing And Dress, Lace And Lacemaking, Portraits, Shawls
- ID
- WH188
- 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 a bouquet of red-blue-and-white and purple flowers with greenery. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature
- ID
- WH324
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia 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 in profile with a shadowed fleet behind it. The foregrounded boat has a red flag at the tip of its mast. The square image is framed by overlaid leaves and red, white, blue, and purple flowers. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Flowers, Nature, Ocean, Sailboats, Water
- ID
- WH327
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Ayer's Sarsaparilla
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Sarsaparilla featuring an image of a man in a dressing gown holding a bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla and reading a paper advertising the medicine. A woman wearing a bonnet and a dress with lace cuffs and collar reads over his shoulder and clasps his arm. The back explains the product's health benefits and has an image of an animal intertwined with the word "MIND."
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Body Fluids, Catarrh, Eczema, Furuncle, Indigestion, Lymph Node, Rheumatism, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Clothing And Dress, Lace And Lacemaking, Men, Men's Clothing, Sarsaparilla, Women, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH111
- 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, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier featuring an evening, winter landscape in which one can see two figures walking over a bridge. The bridge is over a small body of water, and there is a full moon in the sky. The back lists the benefits of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Body Fluids, Depression, Mental, Erysipelas, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Scrofula, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bridges, Nature, Snow, Trees, Water
- ID
- WH184
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Burdock Blood Bitters
- Description
- Trade card advertising Burdock Blood Bitters featuring a portrait of an extravagantly-dressed woman with gold jewelry, flowers adorning her headdress and dress, and a tambourine. The back lists the benefits of taking Burdock Blood Bitters.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Embroidery, Flowers, Gold Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Portraits, Shawls, Tambourine
- ID
- WH127
- 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 a bouquet of red flowers with greenery. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature
- ID
- WH323
- 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 a bouquet of orange, red, and white flowers with greenery. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature, Roses
- ID
- WH322
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Title
- Burdock Blood Bitters
- Description
- Trade card advertising Burdock Blood Bitters featuring a portrait of a woman in elegant dress with a red, feathered hat that is adorned with a large B pin of sorts on which is written Burdock Blood Bitters. She is wearing gold jewelry, including a choker with a B on it. Her dress is blue with lilies on it, and she has a small rose pinned to the front of her dress. The back has partially-obscured testimony from Burdock Blood Bitters users.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Headache, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Feathers, Flowers, Gold Jewelry, Portraits, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH240
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Schenck's Seaweed Tonic for Dyspepsia and Debility
- Description
- Trade card adverising Schenck's Seaweed Tonic featuring a bouquet of red and white flowers. The back describes the nourishing properties of the Tonic.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature, Roses
- ID
- WH347
- 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 a bouquet of orange, red, and white flowers with green leaves. The back lists the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Leaves, Nature
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH191
- 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 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
- WH144
- 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 sailboat wreathed by flowers. There are two red figures on the sailboat, and the wreath of flowers includes blue, white, red, and purple blossoms. The back lists the benefits of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Body Fluids, Depression, Mental, Erysipelas, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Scrofula, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Flowers, Sailboats, Sailing Ships
- ID
- WH185
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Ayer's Sarsaparilla
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Sarsaparilla featuring an image of a man in a dressing gown holding a bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla and reading a paper advertising the medicine. A woman wearing a bonnet and a dress with lace cuffs and collar reads over his shoulder and clasps his arm. The back explains the product's health benefits and has an image of an animal intertwined with the word "MIND."
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Body Fluids, Catarrh, Eczema, Furuncle, Indigestion, Lymph Node, Rheumatism, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Clothing And Dress, Lace And Lacemaking, Men, Men's Clothing, Sarsaparilla, Women, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH112
- 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 coastal landscape of a house whose chimney is letting out smoke in the distance. A body of water is in the foreground, and there is a group of trees on the left-hand side. The image is framed by branches and pink and white blossoms. The back lists the benefits of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Chimneys, Flowers, Nature, Smoke Plumes, Trees, Water, Water And Architecture
- ID
- WH186
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Miniature representation of Hood's No. 3 Placque
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring a circular image of a buck with large antlers. He is standing in a field with grass and wildflowers. There is a snow-capped mountain in the back. The back quotes testimony from satisfied customers.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Deer, Mountains, Nature
- ID
- WH149
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards