Ayer's Sarsaparilla

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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."

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Title

Ayer's Sarsaparilla

Product Advertised

Ayer's Sarsaparilla

Manufacturer

Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co. (Lowell (Mass.))

Conditions Cured

Boils
Catarrh
Debility
Dyspepsia
Eczema
Humors
Rheumatism
Scrofula
Tetter

Subjects

Advertising—Medicine
Bottles
Clothing And Dress
Lace And Lacemaking
Men
Men's Clothing
Sarsaparilla
Women
Women's Clothing
Women's Hats

Genre

Trade cards

Notes

Some damage on card. Front of card reads: "The Deacon: 'Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man' and Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract--the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine." Excerpt on front of card reads "By Approval of Mrs. G.H. Gilbert & Mr. JAS. Lewis, In '7-20-8'..."

Illustration Technique

Chromolithographs

Height (cm)

12

Width (cm)

6.7

Place

United States

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JPEG

Collection

William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

ID

WH111F

Repository

The New York Academy of Medicine