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Title: Ayer's Sarsaparilla Gives Health and Sunny Hours
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Sarsaparilla featuringan image of a woman in an elegant pink gown standing in a sunny field and balancing a young child on her shoulder. The back shows an image of a bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla with a wreath around its neck and text explaining its curative properties.
Conditions Cured (LC): Lymph Node, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Nature, Sarsaparilla, Toddlers, Women, Women's Clothing
ID: WH110
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: La Marée Montante, Au Secours!!
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring four figures playing on a shore. There are two boys and two girls. The boys seem to be helping the girls get to and from a large boulder without getting their clothes wet. There are sailboats in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Boats And Boating, Bows, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Girls, Marine Algae, Nature, Ocean, Ribbons, Rocks, Sailboats, Water
ID: WH211
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Perfumed with Austen's Forest Flower Cologne
Description: Trade card advertising Austen's Forest Flower Cologne featuring a clothed, barefooted, Cupid-esque figure carrying a basket of purple flowers. The back lists the unique properties of the Cologne.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Angels, Bouquets, Bows, Cherubs, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Flowers, Folklore, Grasslands, Hats, Mythology, Nature, Necklaces
ID: WH222
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Perfumed with Austen's Forest Flower Cologne
Description: Trade card advertising Austen's Forest Flower Cologne featuring a suspended woman with a long wreath of leaves and flowers around her. She is in a blue-and-white dress with a red sash around her waist. The back lists the unique properties of the Cologne.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Hair Ornaments, Leaves, Nature, Women, Wreaths
ID: WH221
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping-Cough, and Consumption
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a young girl standing under a cherry tree looking at two birds in the tree. A house and hills are visible in the distance and there are flowers in the foreground. The back has an image of a hand pouring out a spoonful of medicine from a bottle and text listing the benefits of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Birds, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Hats, Nature
ID: WH114
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Colds, Coughs, and all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a girl in a dress using her hat to carry cherries and holding a sprig of cherries in her hand. She is in a field with hills and water in the distance. The back has an image of a hand pouring out a spoonful of medicine from a bottle and text urging people to treat various ailments with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease), Cough
Subjects (LC): Clothing And Dress, Fruit, Girls, Nature, Women's Hats
ID: WH116
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: La Gardeuse d'Oies
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring five figures lounging on the shore of what looks like a river. Two boys with staffs are interacting with some geese. The others are in various stages of play or relaxation. There is a boat on the river and a large house on the far shore in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Boats And Boating, Children, Children's Clothing, Church Buildings, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Geese, Grasslands, Hats, Hats, Nature, Scarves, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trails, Trees, Water, Wooden Fences
ID: WH214
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Le Petit Berger
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring five figures and a dog in a country landscape. There are sheep in a fenced-in field behind them, and one of the figures is standing and playing a horn. He holds a staff and has a bag on his back. There is a path in the field and a body of water and a town in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Baby Bonnets, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Dogs, Grasslands, Hats, Hats, Nature, Scarves, Sheep, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trails, Trees, Water, Wooden Fences
ID: WH213
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Rogers & Lyon, Dispensing Chemists [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising chemists Rogers & Lyon featuring an image of two sailboats in a choppy sea. This image is on top of an ethereal scene of flowers and reeds. The back boasts of Rogers & Lyons's large seasonsal stock of drugs.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Boats And Boating, Cliffs, Flowers, Grasses, Nature, Sailboats, Water, Water Waves
ID: WH215
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Colgate & Co.'s Extract Cashmere Bouquet for the Handkerchief
Description: Trade card advertising Extract Cashmere Bouquet featuring a bouquet of blue, yellow, and pink wildflowers against a cream background. The lettering of Extract Cashmere Bouquet is ornate and dark pink.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature
ID: WH132
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Colgate & Co.'s Extract Cashmere Bouquet for the Handkerchief
Description: Trade card advertising Extract Cashmere Bouquet featuring a bouquet of blue, yellow, and pink wildflowers against a cream background. The lettering of Extract Cashmere Bouquet is ornate and dark pink.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature
ID: WH133
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: L. C. Smith, Druggist, Rockville, Conn.
Description: Trade card advertising a druggist named L. C. Smith featuring a young boy leaning up against a tree reading, and a young girl standing behind him, touching his hair with a sprig of flowers. The two are in a grassy area with rocks and bushes.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Books And Reading, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Grasslands, Hats, Nature, Rocks, Scarves, Trees
ID: WH204
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: P. S. Brown & Co., Botanic Druggists
Description: Trade card advertising druggists P. S. Brown & Co. featuring a deer on the bank of a body of water. The deer is surrounded by different-colored ferns and blue flowers.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Deer, Flowers, Nature, Trees, Water, Water Lilies
ID: WH205
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: George G. Dort & Co., Druggists and Pharmacists
Description: Trade card advertising druggists and pharmacists George G. Dort & Co. featuring two kittens and a fly. The kittens are surrounded by grasses.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Cats, Flies, Flowers, Grasses, Insects, Nature
ID: WH207
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Rich Holiday Goods: Frank C. Goodale, Druggist
Description: Trade card advertising druggist Frank C. Goodale featuring a goldfish in a bowl. The bowl is surrounded with foliage and blue flowers.
Subjects (LC): Aquarium Fishes, Advertising, Animals, Flowers, Goldfish, Leaves, Nature
ID: WH208
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: George G. Dort & Co., Druggists and Pharmacists
Description: Trade card advertising druggists and pharmacists George G. Dort & Co. featuring two kittens and a fly. The kittens are surrounded by grasses.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Cats, Flies, Flowers, Grasses, Insects, Nature
ID: WH209
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: George G. Dort & Co., Druggists and Pharmacists
Description: Trade card advertising druggists and pharmacists George G. Dort & Co. featuring two kittens who are surrounded by grasses.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Cats, Flowers, Grasses, Nature
ID: WH218
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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