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- Title
- Nearly 50 Years the Favorite: Piso's Cure a Medicine for Coughs, Colds Etc.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Piso's Cure featuring a woman pulling a red-headed boy over a wooden fence by the back neck of his shirt. His hat is falling off, and he is barefooted. She is blond and is wearing a small, brown hat. There are fruit trees on the woman's side of the fence. The back is a blank template for a postcard.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Fruit Trees, Hats, Nature, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH330
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Toll Gate
- Description
- Trade card advertising a book titled "The Sexual System and its Derangements" featuring an image of a donkey in a barn. A man's head peeks out from a window overlooking the donkey from within the barn. There is a fence between the viewer and the donkey that seems to read "Buffalo NY." There are various hidden images in the leafless trees that surround the barn. The back praises the book being advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Depression, Dizziness, Fatigue
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Donkeys, Hats, Trails, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH254
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. White's Cough Drops Are the Best
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. White's Cough Drops featuring a yellow rose and berries on the left and a circular image of a snowy landscape on the right. Within the image are a small house, a fence, some rocks, and some snow-covered trees. The back lists the ailments the Cough Drops can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough, Hoarseness
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Berries, Flowers, Housing, Leaves, Nature, Rocks, Snow, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH380
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Vegetine: The Great Blood Purifier
- Description
- Trade card advertisng Vegetine featuring a young woman leaning over a wooden fence. Her arms are crossed in front of her, and she is holding a glass bottle of Vegetine in her left hand. Behind her is a tree with white flowers. The back describes the ailments Vegetine can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Acne, Body Fluids, Furuncle, Peptic Ulcer, Ringworm, Salt Rheum
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Flowers, Nature, Portraits, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH370
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills are a Sure Cure for Sick Headache
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills featuring a circular image of a small house in a wintry landscape. Spilling out of the circular frame are trees, some grasses, and a fence. Behind the circle is a cross-shaped pattern of blue and grey. The back has testimony from a satisfied customer.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Headache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Housing, Nature, Snow, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH298
- 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
- The Truant Boys
- Description
- Trade card advertising a book titled "The Sexual System and its Derangements" and the medicine Cutavaco featuring a landscape with various hidden images in it. The obvious things the picture presents are a pair of sheep resting in a fenced-off field surrounded by boulders and trees. There are more fences and fields in the distance, as well as a small hill. The back praises the book being advertised and also lists the ailments Cutavaco can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Acne, Bad Breath, Baldness, Bites And Stings, Catarrh, Cholera, Ear Infection, Eczema, Edema, Erythema, Helminths, Leucorrhea, Measles, Pediculosis, Poison Ivy, Ringworm, Salt Rheum, Scarlatina, Scars, Shingles (Disease), Smallpox, Throat—Diseases, Typhoid Fever, Urticaria
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Grasslands, Nature, Rocks, Sheep, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH253
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards