Items

Title: Hunt's Remedy [from verso]
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Hunt's remedy, "the best kidney and liver medicine."
Subjects (LC): Children
Manufacturer: Hunt's Remedy Co. (Providence (R.I.))
Language: English
ID: WH279
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: I Don't
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising un-named medicine [laxative?]. Poem on verso.
Subjects (LC): Children, Children crying
Manufacturer: Dr. Harter Medicine Co. (St. Louis (Mo.))
Language: English
ID: WH273
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil
Description: Trade card printed on two side advertising Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, a remedy for ailments ranging from toothache to deafness.
Subjects (LC): Dolls, Children, Children's furniture
Manufacturer: Foster, Milburn & Co. (Buffalo (N.Y.))
ID: WH364
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Chaussures
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Parisian shoe and boot manufacturer.
Subjects (LC): Children, Physicians, Sick children
Manufacturer: Delepine ([Paris, France])
Language: French
ID: WH257
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Everybody says the Botanical Preparations are the Best
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising herbal remedies produced by the Excelsior Botanical Company.
Subjects (LC): Children playing
Manufacturer: Excelsior Botanical Co. (Boonville (N.Y.))
Language: English
ID: WH263
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: The Little Pets [from verso]
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Scott's Emulsion, a remedy for the "wasting diseases" of adults and children.
Subjects (LC): Children and animals
Manufacturer: Scott & Bowne (New York (N.Y.))
Language: English
ID: WH351
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Pain Ceases Immediately [from verso]
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Carter's Electric Nerve Pencil, a electromagnetic device for reducing pain.
Subjects (LC): Children, Meadows
Manufacturer: C.E. Carter (Lowell (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH243
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: Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies the Blood, Makes the Weak Strong, Creates an Appetite
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring a young girl resting her chin in her hands on a pink-colored ledge with Hood's Sarsaparilla written on it. She is wearing a blue dress with white frills at the cuffs and a white garment on her head. She has a gold ring on the ring-finger of her right hand and short, dark-brown bangs. The back is an advertisement for a concert and variety program.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Children, Children's Clothing, Portraits
Language: English
ID: WH142
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate "for mental and physical exhaustion, dyspepsia, etc."
Subjects (LC): Accordions, Children dancing
Manufacturer: Rumford Chemical Works (Providence (R.I.))
Language: English
ID: WH276
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Hunnewell's Universal Cough Remedy
Description: Trade card printed on two sides advertising Hunnewell's Universal Cough Remedy — "will cure your cough."
Subjects (LC): Birdcages, Mothers and children
Manufacturer: Gilman Brothers (Boston (Mass.))
Language: English
ID: WH278
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

Title: Jame's Pyle's Pearline
Description: Trade card printed on two sides, advertising Pearline detergent.
Subjects (LC): Children and animals, Dogs
Manufacturer: James Pyle, [s.l.]
Language: English
ID: WH319
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. Radcliffe's Great Remedy
Subjects (LC): Children, Storms, Umbrellas
Manufacturer: Seven Seals or Golden Wonder
Language: English
ID: WH334
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: In every Home much sickness and suffering can be prevented by the discreet use of Parker's Ginger Tonic
Description: Trade card advertising Parker's Hair Balsam, Parker's Ginger Tonic, and Hindercorns featuring two young children. The girl, on the left-hand side of the card is looking at the customer with her hands around the back of her neck. She is wearing a red-and-white top of some sort. The boy, on the right-hand side of the card is in profile and is wearing a golden wreath of laurels. The back lists the benefits of each item advertised and contains customer testimony.
Conditions Cured (LC): Acne, Asthma, Body Fluids, Bronchitis, Bunion, Cold (Disease), Corns, Dandruff, Diarrhea, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Itching, Malaria, Rheumatism, Warts
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Children, Wreaths
ID: WH317
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: Diet for Child from 3 to 6 Years
Description: New York Milk Committee information card describing the recomended diet for a child aged 3 to 6 years. The card provides alternative menus for the child's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper.
Subjects (LC): Children, Nutrition, Food, Menus
ID: mk1e033
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Diet for Child from 2 to 3 Years
Description: New York Milk Committee information card describing the recomended diet for a child aged 2 to 3 years. The card provides alternative menus for the child's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper.
Subjects (LC): Children, Nutrition, Food, Menus
ID: mk1e032
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Take Hood's Sarsaparilla: 100 Doses One Dollar
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring an image of a child surrounded by large dogs. The child wears a riding hat and an oversized red coat and carries a whip. "Take Hood's Sarsaparilla. 100 Doses One Dollar" is printed on the floor near the child's feet. The back has testimonial and text describing the composition of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Conditions Cured (LC): Catarrh, Indigestion, Salt Rheum, Scrofula
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Children's Clothing, Costume, Dogs, Portraits, Whips
ID: WH147
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: I's All Right Now!: In Constant Use Since 1795
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water featuring two girls in a red armchair. The older of the two is holding a bottle of what seems to be Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water in her right hand. Her left hand is around the shoulders of the younger girl who is holding a tissue. They are both in dresses and have brown-blond hair. The back describes the meritous reputation of the Eye Water.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Chairs, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress
ID: WH368
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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