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- Title
- Use W. & S. Cough Drops
- Description
- Trade card advertising W. & S. Cough Drops featuring a young girl walking on a path holding a bouquet of red and white flowers. She is wearing white-and-pink dress and a white bonnet. On either side of the walkway is grass.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Grasses, Hair Ornamentation, Hats, Nature, Portraits, Trails, Women, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH384
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- La Gigue: Old Dr. Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges
- Description
- Trade card advertising Old Dr. Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges featuring a boy in nautical dress facing the customer. His blue hat has a red feather in it and reads: "Normond." He seems to be standing on a dock. Behind him are an anchor and capsized sailboat.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Anchors, Boats And Boating, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Hats, Ocean, Sailboats, Sea Life
- ID
- WH361F
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- La Gigue: Old Dr. Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges
- Description
- Trade card advertising Old Dr. Samuel F. Stowe's Dyspepsia Cure or Compound Medicated Lozenges featuring a boy in nautical dress facing the customer. His blue hat has a red feather in it and reads: "Normond." He seems to be standing on a dock. Behind him are an anchor and capsized sailboat.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Anchors, Boats And Boating, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Hats, Ocean, Sailboats, Sea Life
- ID
- WH360F
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Late James R. Wood, M.D.
- Description
- Trade card featuring a portarit of a mustached man in a dress suit. He is wearing a bowtie, and his hair is slicked to one side.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Ethnic Costume, Mustaches, Neckties, Portraits
- ID
- WH301F
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- L. C. Smith, Druggist, Rockville, Conn.
- Description
- Trade card advertising a druggist named L. C. Smith featuring a young boy leaning up against a tree reading, and a young girl standing behind him, touching his hair with a sprig of flowers. The two are in a grassy area with rocks and bushes.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Books And Reading, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Grasslands, Hats, Nature, Rocks, Scarves, Trees
- ID
- WH204
- 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 figures standing on a street corner in front of a stone wall. The figure on the right has his back turned and is looking at something in his hands. He is carrying a large pot or bucket strapped to his back and a cane between his legs. The figure on the left has his arm raised and appears to be about to strike the pot with a wrench. The picture is tinted red.
- Subjects (LC)
- Clothing And Dress, Hats, Men, Men's Clothing, Pots, Sidewalks, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Stone Walls, Yeast
- ID
- WH108
- 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
- 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 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
- Three Most Reliable Remedies: Athlophoros For Rheumatism and Neuralgia, Athlo-Ointment For Sprains, Lameness, Sore throat...
- Description
- Trade card advertising Athlophoros, Athlo-ointment, and Athlo-tablets. Card features an image of a woman in a gauzy red dress holding a fan in one hand and a long necklace in the other.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Constipation, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Sprains, Throat—Diseases
- Subjects (LC)
- Clothing And Dress, Fans, Necklaces, Women
- ID
- WH102
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- A Free Sample Bottle of Warner's Safe Cure
- Description
- Trade card advertising Warner's Safe Cure featuring a photograph of a woman's face surrounded by white fabric, lace, and feathers. The back details how to get a free sample of Warner's Safe Cure and lists the ailments it cures.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Abscess, Acne, Asthma, Backache, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Bright's Disease, Catarrh, Constipation, Convulsions, Convulsions, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Edema, Fatigue, Food Poisoning, Gout, Headache, Impotence, Indigestion, Jaundice, Malaria, Neuralgia, Neurasthenia, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tumors, Urinary Organs—Calculi, Vertigo
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Feathers, Hats, Lace And Lacemaking, Portraits, Women, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH375
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Sapanule: Cures Neuralgia, Diptheria, Rheumatism &c.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a scene reminiscent of classical Chinese art. On the right side is a traditionally-dressed man with walking sticks and wooden sandals. In the left, bottom corner is a traditional Chinese fan. Beyond the man's head is a tree with creepy branches and scarce leaves. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Eczema, Erysipelas, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, China, Clothing And Dress—Chinese Influences, Clouds, Ethnic Costume, Fans, Grasslands, Nature, Trees
- ID
- WH345
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- August Flower for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
- Description
- Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower featuring a young girl on a swing in a field of flowers by a body of water. She is wearing a brown dress with white accents on the cuffs and skirt. She has a light-blue sash around her waist and is wearing a blue hat. The back has an 1883 calendar and summarizes the history of Boschee's German Syrup.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Indigestion, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Grasses, Grasslands, Hats, Nature, Swings, Trees, Water
- ID
- WH228
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Sapanule: Cures Neuralgia, Diptheria, Rheumatism &c.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a scene reminscent of classical Chinese art. On the right side is a traditionally-dressed woman seemingly showing a man a group of white birds perched on a branch above them. There are what look like Southern Cattails in the left, bottom corner. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Eczema, Erysipelas, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Birds, China, Clothing And Dress—Chinese Influences, Clouds, Ethnic Costume, Flowers, Grasslands, Nature, Trees, Typha
- ID
- WH198
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Sapanule: Sold By All Druggists
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring two couples crossing paths in a park. Both couples are formally dress and wearing hats, which the men of each couple are tipping to each other. Between them is a bench. In the distance is a carousel. In the farthest distance are mountains. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Backache, Bruises, Bunion, Burns And Scalds, Catarrh, Chilblains, Fatigue, Furuncle, Hemorrhoids, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Sprains, Wounds And Injuries
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Benches, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Ethnic Costume, Garden Walks, Grasslands, Hats, Men's Hats, Merry-Go-Round, Parks, Trees, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH342
- 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 Little Favorites: Ayer's Pills Sugar Coated
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Pills and Ayer's Sarsaparilla featuring eight children holding up a sign that reads: "'The Little Favorites' Ayer's Pills. Sugar Coated." Most are casually dressed save for the child farthest in the background on the right-hand side who is wearing a peach-colored headwrap of some sort. In front of her is a boy holding a white cat. There is a girl wearing a flowered wreath in her hair towards the front of the group. The girl next to her is holding a red item in her left hand. Behind the group are grasses and leaves. The back has a poem and describes the curative properties for the Ayer's products advertised.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Bows, Cats, Children, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Girls, Hair Ornaments, Hats, Leaves, Nature, Plants, Scarves, Water, Wreaths
- ID
- WH393
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- This is all right, Hood's Sarsaparilla Can't Fool me twice
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring an elderly man outside a pharmacy looking at a box of Hood's Sarsaparilla. He is wearing a yellow jacket and holding a red umbrella under his left arm. Behind him are buildings and a fountain. The back is an advertisement for a concert as well as a description of the ailments Hood's Sarsaparilla can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Headache, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Clothing And Dress, Drugstores, Fountains, Hats, Men, Men's Hats, Owls, Portraits, Umbrellas, Water
- ID
- WH389
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- This is all right, Hood's Sarsaparilla Can't Fool me twice
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring an elderly man outside a pharmacy looking at a box of Hood's Sarsaparilla. He is wearing a yellow jacket and holding a red umbrella under his left arm. Behind him are buildings and a fountain. The back is an advertisement for a concert as well as a description of the ailments Hood's Sarsaparilla can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Headache, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Clothing And Dress, Drugstores, Fountains, Hats, Men, Men's Hats, Owls, Portraits, Umbrellas, Water
- ID
- WH388
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Our Boy: Compliments of Scott & Bowne Manufacturers of Scott's Emulsion
- Description
- Trade card advertising Scott's Emulsion featuring a portrait of a young boy in a nautical outfit. He has brown, curly hair, blue eyes, and flushed cheeks. The back lists the ailments the Emulsion can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Anemia, Cold (Disease), Cough, Scrofula, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Portraits
- ID
- WH350
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards