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Title: Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
Description: Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a young girl holding hands with two boys on either side of her. The three figures are ice skating. In the lower, right corner is a dog who also seems to be ice skating. There is a leafless tree on the right of the card with a thermometer overlayed on top of it. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Diphtheria, Inflammation, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Throat—Diseases
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Costume, Dogs, Dress And Clothing, Ice Skating, Thermometers, Trees, Winter
ID: WH339
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: This Brief Notice May Save Long Illness, Suffering, and Expense [from verso]
Description: Illustration of religious edifice near bridge; floral nosegay at border.
Subjects (LC): Birds, Castles and palaces, Flowers, Snow, Winter
Manufacturer: E. Hartshorn & Sons, [s.l.]
Language: English
ID: WH274
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Little Red-Riding-Hood [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills featuring a young girl who is wearing a long, red cloak with a red bow at the top. She is facing the audience on the threshold of a door. Behind her is a snowy scene of pine trees, and to her right is a basket resting by her feet. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Headache, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Baskets, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Costume, Doorways, Dress And Clothing, Folklore, Forests And Forestry, Nature, Ribbons, Snow, Trees, Winter
ID: WH161
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: This Brief Notice May Save Long Illness, Suffering, and Expense, and Even Life Itself! [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Hartshorn's Sarsaparilla and Iron and Hartshorn's Flavoring Extracts featuring a wintry landscape with a castle. There is a bouquet on the left with white, red, and blue flowers and a snow-covered branch with pink-blue-white-and-yellow birds flying around its branches. There is a bridge over a small body of water in the lower, right corner. The back describes the curative properties of the products advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Body Fluids
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Birds, Bridges, Castles, Crosses—Cult, Daisies, Flowers, Holy Cross, Mansions, Nature, Roses, Snow, Trees, Water And Architecture, Winter, Winter
ID: WH392
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: K.D.C. is a Positive Cure for Indigestion and Dyspepsia
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising K.D.C., a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion.
Subjects (LC): Bridges, Cherry trees, Winter
Manufacturer: K.D.C. Co. Ltd. (Boston (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH288
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
Description: Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a young girl holding hands with two boys on either side of her. The three figures are ice skating. In the lower, right corner is a dog who also seems to be ice skating. There is a leafless tree on the right of the card with a thermometer overlayed on top of it. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Diphtheria, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Throat—Diseases
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Costume, Dogs, Dress And Clothing, Ice Skating, Thermometers, Trees, Winter
ID: WH199
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Tu peux pleuvoir et nous tremper, nous ne craignons rien! Nous avons, là, notre véritable Fer Bravais qui nous préserve de toutes maladies
Description: Trade card advertising Fer Bravais featuring two children and a dog who are taking shelter from the rain under a large umbrella. The girl is carrying a woven basket. All three are sitting on a bench. The image is framed by winter-themed imagery, such as snow, holly, icicles, and a pine tree. The back lists the ailments Fer Bravais can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Anemia, Asthenia, Chlorosis, Depression
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Dogs, Hats, Hollies, Leaves, Nature, Rain And Rainfall, Snow, Trees, Umbrellas, Winter
ID: WH203
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: This Brief Notice May Save Long Illness, Suffering, and Expense, and Even Life Itself! [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Hartshorn's Sarsaparilla and Iron, featuring an image of a castle surrounded by a snowy landscape with trees, a small river, and a bridge. On the left, this image is framed with a bouquet of flowers. On the right, it is framed with snowy branch and flying songbirds. The back lists the benefits of taking Hartshorn's Sarsaparilla and Iron, and the price.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Birds, Bridges, Castles, Crosses—Cult, Daisies, Flowers, Holy Cross, Mansions, Nature, Roses, Snow, Trees, Water And Architecture, Winter, Winter
ID: WH138
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of three figures: a boy, a woman, and a man in a top hat. They are in front of a high stone wall in the snow. The boy carries boots and the man carries an umbrella. The picture is tinted green.
Subjects (LC): Boots, Boys, Boys' Clothing, Children, Clothing And Dress, Coats, Hats, Men, Men's Clothing, Snow, Stone Walls, Umbrellas, Winter, Women, Women's Clothing, Yeast
ID: WH105
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of three figures: a boy, a woman, and a man in a top hat. They are in front of a high stone wall in the snow. The boy carries boots and the man carries an umbrella. The picture is tinted red.
Subjects (LC): Boots, Boys, Boys' Clothing, Children, Clothing And Dress, Coats, Hats, Men, Men's Clothing, Snow, Stone Walls, Umbrellas, Winter, Women, Women's Clothing, Yeast
ID: WH106
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
Description: Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of two boys sledding past a woman who is carrying an umbrella, a basket, and a pail and balancing three additional baskets in a stack on her head. The woman appears disheveled and wears a shawl and a kerchief over her head. A third child watches in the background. The ground is snow-covered, and the figures are in front of a stone wall. The picture is tinted red.
Subjects (LC): Baskets, Boys, Boys' Clothing, Children, Clothing And Dress, Coats, Kerchiefs, Pails, Shawls, Sleds, Snow, Stone Walls, Umbrellas, Winter, Women, Women's Clothing, Yeast
ID: WH107
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards