Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound: the Great East River Suspension Bridge

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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.

Details
Title

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound: the Great East River Suspension Bridge

Product Advertised

Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Manufacturer

Lydia E. Pinkham (Lynn (Mass.))

Distributor

A. C. Ritchie (Barnet (Vt.))

Conditions Cured

Backache
Bloating
Debility
Depression
Flatulency
Headache
Indigestion
Insomnia
Nervous Prostration
Stomac Ache
Tumors
Ulcers

Subjects

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

Genre

Trade cards

Notes

Front of card reads: "The Great East River Suspension Bridge. Connecting the cities of New York & Brooklyn. The Bridge crosses the river by a single span of 1595 ft suspended by four cables 15 1/2 inches in diameter. The approach on the New York side 2,492 ft the approach on the Brooklyn side is 1901 ft. Total length 5988 ft. From high water to roadway 120 ft. From roadway to top 157 ft. From high water to centre of span 135 ft. Width of bridge, 85 ft. Total height of Towers, 277 ft." Back of card has some handwritten alpha-numeric notations.

Illustration Technique

Chromolithographs

Height (cm)

6.4

Width (cm)

10.2

Place

United States

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Collection

William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

ID

WH183F

Repository

The New York Academy of Medicine