Items

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
Description: Trade card printed on one side, advertising Ayer's cherry pectoral for the cure of coughs, colds, sore throat, croup, bronchitis, asthma, influenza, and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Picture of roses.
Subjects (LC): Roses
Manufacturer: J.C. Ayer & Co. (Lowell (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH224
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Draper's Pharmacy
Description: Trade card printed on one side advertising Draper's Pharmacy, located "under Hayne's Hotel" in Springfield, Massachusetts. Illustrated with image of flowering grape vine.
Subjects (LC): Grapes, Vines
Manufacturer: Draper's Pharmacy (Springfield (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH217
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Cuticura Ointment
Description: Trade card printed in red and black advertising Cuticura Ointment, a "mildly antiseptic emollient for skin and scalp."
Manufacturer: Potter Drug Chemical Corp. (Malden (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH255
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Mrs. Dinsmore's Cough and Croup Balsam
Description: Trade card printed on one side with illustration of two girls in a garden setting, holding a lady's fan open before them. "Mrs. Dinsmore's Cough and Croup Balsam will cure a cough in one day and the croup in one minute."
Subjects (LC): Fans, Girls, Hats
Language: English
ID: WH259
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. R.C. Flower's Nerve Pills
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. R.C. Flower's Nerve Pills, "the great brain and nerve food." Illustration of floral nosegay. Printed at bottom: "Henry French, Kingston, NH."
Subjects (LC): Roses
Manufacturer: Dr. R.C. Flower's Nerve Pills
Language: English
ID: WH266
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Established 1882 Charles W. Horn
Description: Trade card printed on one side advertising remedies produced by Charles W. Horn, Manufacturer and available [for order?] by telephone from Rober W.P. Horn, Allentown, PA. Includes price list "Effective July 1, 1925" for various products. "Laboratory located at Slatington, PA."
Manufacturer: Charles W. Horn (Allentown (Pa.))
Language: English
ID: WH275
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Kendall M'f'g. Co.
Description: Trade card printed on one side advertising laundry detergent. Illustration of boy punting in boat made of a half walnut shell. Card torn across lower right corner.
Subjects (LC): Children, Nutshell
Manufacturer: Kendall Manufacturing Co. (Providence (R.I.))
Language: English
ID: WH290F
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: To-night You May Need One of These Articles
Description: Trade card printed on one side advertising a range of articles including cold remedies, laxatives produced by the Orator Woodward Company.
Subjects (LC): Bottles, Boxes
Manufacturer: Orator F. Woodward [Medicine Company], Le Roy, NY
Language: English
ID: WH292
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Mentholatum
Description: Trade card advertising Mentholatum, marked with ruler and three images of ladies applying liniment.
Subjects (LC): Grooming, Women
Language: English
ID: WH302
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Seidlitz-Pulver
Description: Blue paper wrapper for medicinal powder. Text provides instructions in German on how to prepare medication in combination with another product by same manufacturer, mixed in purified water.
Subjects (LC): Caduceus, Wreaths
Manufacturer: [Seidlitz], [s.l.]
Language: English
ID: WH354
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
Description: Trade card printed on one side, advertising Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, a remedy for respiratory ailments. Illustration of young girl administering medicine to doll in bassinet.
Subjects (LC): Children playing with dolls
Manufacturer: Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
Language: English
ID: WH383F
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Begrossert Fuer Licht und lasst es leuchten [from verso]
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Schneider's Patent Wick. Text in German and English.
Subjects (LC): Dogs, Pharmacists
Manufacturer: Charles A. Schneider (New York (N.Y.))
Language: English, German
ID: WH348
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup, a painkiller in syrup form for infants.
Subjects (LC): Interiors, Mothers and children
Language: English, French, German
ID: WH382
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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