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- Title
- Chocolat de l'Abbaye d'Igny
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising chocolate manufactured in France.
- Subjects (LC)
- Surgery
- Manufacturer
- Chocolat de l'Abbaye d'Igny
- Language
- French
- ID
- WH219
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Cas-car-ria is made by a distinguished chemist [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Cas-car-ria featuring a young girl and a dog chasing devil-esque creatures, labeled as various ailments, into a body of water. The girl is wearing a bright pink dress and holds a switch in her hand. The dog is large and brown and white. The back quotes a piece by Lord Roscommon.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Children, Cliffs, Demonology, Devil, Dogs, Folklore, Grasslands, Mythology, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trees, Water
- ID
- WH244
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills featuring a bouquet of red and purple flowers with green leaves. The back lists the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Flowers, Leaves, Nature
- ID
- WH189
- 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
- A Simple Catechism [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Slaven's Effervescent Fruit Salt, a remedy for digestive ailments.
- Subjects (LC)
- Dolls, Monocles, Top hats
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH353
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- H.R. Steven's Family Balsam
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Familine, a cure-all remedy.
- Subjects (LC)
- Roses
- Manufacturer
- H.R. Stevens (Boston (Mass.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH265
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills featuring a bouquet of red-blue-and-white and purple flowers with greenery. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature
- ID
- WH324
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- We Always Keep in Our Drug Store a Supply of Boschee's German Syrup & Green's August Flower [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower featuring a space in which there is some writing. This space is surrounded by various blue, red, and pink flowers. The back lists the ailments the Syrup and the Flower can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Constipation, Cough, Croup, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Palpitation, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers
- ID
- WH231
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, Cures All Diseases of the Stomach Liver & Blood
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid and Bellanodyne featuring a sign that reads: "Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, cures all diseases of the stomach, liver, & blood. Small doses, prompt effect." The sign has a bouquet of flowers inserted in it. In the foreground is a body of water with two frogs and three ducks. The back is obscured, but lists the ailments the Liveraid cures and mentions a pain-relieving plaster called Bellanodyne.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract-Diseases, Constipation, Headache, Indigestion, Malaria, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Acquatic Animals, Advertising—Medicine, Amphibians, Animals, Ducks, Flowers, Frogs, Grasslands, Nature, Trees, Water, Water Lilies
- ID
- WH270
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Nearly 50 Years the Favorite: Piso's Cure a Medicine for Coughs Colds Etc.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Piso's Cure featuring a scene of two men constructing or deconstructing a wooden dock on the Allegheny River. A red-wheeled wheelbarrow on the bank holds wooden planks. There is an island in river that has a red-and-white house. There are forested hills on the farther shorelines. The back is a blank template for a postcard.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Carpenters, Carts And Carriages, Hats, Housing, Islands, Marshes, Nature, Trees, Water, Woodworkers
- ID
- WH329
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Nature's Pleasant Laxative
- Description
- Folded trade card printed on two sides advertising Syrup as Figs as a laxative. Edges are decoratively trimmed.
- Subjects (LC)
- Fig trees, Harvesting, Orchards
- Manufacturer
- California Fig Syrup Co (San Francisco (Calif.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH242
- 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, 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
- 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
- The Morse Indian Root Pills
- Description
- Trade card advertising Morse's Indian Root Pills featuring text explaining why potential customers should take them. The back is blank save for linear designs on the top and bottom.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine
- ID
- WH305
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- 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
- 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
- Words of Comfort [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring three women and one man sitting around a table. The man is reading a book and is in formal dress and wearing eyeglasses. The three women seem interested in and puzzled by what he is reading. There is a vase on the table, and the backdrop seems to resemble some sort of living room or study area. The back lists the benefits of the Expectorant and the Tonic Vermifuge.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Bad Breath, Cold (Disease), Cough, Fever, Headache, Helminths, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Books, Costume, Domestic Space, Dress And Clothing, Dwellings, Ethnic Costume, Eyeglasses, Families, Men, Men's Clothing, Women, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH159
- 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
- Boyd's Miniature Galvanic Battery, For the effectual cure of nearly all diseases [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Boyd's Miniature Galvanic Battery featuring a blank card where one might presumably write an address. Tucked into the card is a bouquet of small, blue-and-pink flowers with one, larger red flower. The back details how to get more illuminated cards by purchasing Boyd's products.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers
- ID
- WH232
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Invalid Ladies This Is For You [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card printed on two sides advertising Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for diseases of womanhood.
- Subjects (LC)
- Boats, Bridges, Rivers
- Manufacturer
- Foster, Milburn & Co. (Buffalo (N.Y.))
- Language
- English
- ID
- WH239
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards