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- Pond's Extract Co.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Pond's Extract featuring two autumnal-colored leaves. The back warns against counterfeits and lists the ailments Pond's Extract can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Bruises, Burns And Scalds, Catarrh, Diphtheria, Furuncle, Headache, Hemorrhage, Hoarseness, Inflammation, Neuralgia, Peptic Ulcer, Rheumatism, Sprains, Throat—Diseases, Toothache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Leaves, Nature
- ID
- WH332
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Pond's Extract Co.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Pond's Extract featuring two autumnal-colored leaves. The back warns against counterfeits and lists the ailments Pond's Extract can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Bruises, Burns And Scalds, Catarrh, Diphtheria, Furuncle, Headache, Hemorrhage, Hoarseness, Inflammation, Neuralgia, Peptic Ulcer, Rheumatism, Sprains, Throat—Diseases, Toothache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Leaves, Nature
- ID
- WH333
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Colgate & Co.'s Extract Cashmere Bouquet for the Handkerchief
- Description
- Trade card advertising Extract Cashmere Bouquet featuring a bouquet of blue, yellow, and pink wildflowers against a cream background. The lettering of Extract Cashmere Bouquet is ornate and dark pink.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature
- ID
- WH132
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Colgate & Co.'s Extract Cashmere Bouquet for the Handkerchief
- Description
- Trade card advertising Extract Cashmere Bouquet featuring a bouquet of blue, yellow, and pink wildflowers against a cream background. The lettering of Extract Cashmere Bouquet is ornate and dark pink.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature
- ID
- WH133
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. Morse's Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Morse's Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root featuring a bouquet of flowers with one rose and multiple lilies.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract—Diseases, Body Fluids, Constipation, Headache, Hemorrhoids, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Flowers, Nature
- ID
- WH171
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dundas Dick & Co.'s Compliments of the Season, 1875
- Description
- Trade card from Dundas Dick & Co. featuring a greeting card with writing that reads: "Dundas Dick & Co.'s Compliments of the season, 1875." Surrounding this card are autumnal leaves. The back features a nineteenth-century calendar.
- Subjects (LC)
- Acorns, Advertising—Medicine, Leaves, Nature
- ID
- WH261
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Hanson's Magic Corn Salve is Warranted to Cure Corns, Bunions, Warts, Etc.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hanson's Magic Corn Salve featuring a card or ribbon of some sort with text that reads: "Hanson's Magic Corn Salve is warranted to cure corns, bunions, warts, etc. (over." The card is surrounded by roses. The back lists the ailments the Salve can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Bunion, Warts
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Flowers, Leaves, Nature
- ID
- WH272
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son's Family Medicines
- Description
- Trade card advertising Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck's Seaweed Tonic, and Schenck's Mandrake Pills featuring a bouquet of roses on a black background. Back lists the products the card is advertising.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Indigestion, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature, Roses
- ID
- WH346
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Going for Kendall's Spavin Cure
- Description
- Trade card advertising Kendall's Spavin Cure featuring a horse pulling a man who is being pulled by a dog. The man is straddled around a wooden stake, holding the horse's reins. The dog has a spotted collar and is biting the man on his rearend. The back features testimony from satisfied customers.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Dogs, Horses, Men, Nature
- ID
- WH167
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Colds, Coughs, and all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs
- Description
- Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a girl in a dress using her hat to carry cherries and holding a sprig of cherries in her hand. She is in a field with hills and water in the distance. The back has an image of a hand pouring out a spoonful of medicine from a bottle and text urging people to treat various ailments with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Clothing And Dress, Fruit, Girls, Nature, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH116
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Schenck's Seaweed Tonic for Dyspepsia and Debility
- Description
- Trade card adverising Schenck's Seaweed Tonic featuring a bouquet of red and white flowers. The back describes the nourishing properties of the Tonic.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature, Roses
- ID
- WH347
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Miniature representation of Hood's No. 3 Placque
- Description
- Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring a circular image of a buck with large antlers. He is standing in a field with grass and wildflowers. There is a snow-capped mountain in the back. The back quotes testimony from satisfied customers.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Deer, Mountains, Nature
- ID
- WH149
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- George G. Dort & Co., Druggists and Pharmacists
- Description
- Trade card advertising druggists and pharmacists George G. Dort & Co. featuring two kittens who are surrounded by grasses.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising, Animals, Cats, Flowers, Grasses, Nature
- ID
- WH218
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Old Doctor 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 landscape with a white rat in the foreground. The rat is on its hind legs in a field of grass and red flowers. Behind it is a tree with an owl in it.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Indigestion
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Brick Walls, Flowers, Grasses, Grasslands, Nature, Nature, Owls, Rats, Trees
- ID
- WH356
- 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
- Dundas Dick & Co's Compliments
- Description
- Trade card advertising the tasteless medicines of Dundas Dick & Co. featuring a wood-framed square that reads "Dundas Dick & Co.'s Compliments" surrounded by autumnal leaves and berries. The square is labelled "1776" and "1876" on the top and bottom, respectively. The back features a nineteenth-century calendar.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Berries, Leaves, Nature, Picture Frames And Framing, Wood
- ID
- WH260
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Seasonable Suggestions [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a nymph-like woman standing on a large leaf sipping something out of a flower blossom. She is wearing a white, flowing dress and has long, curly hair with leaves in it. She is framed by foliage and flowers. The back lists the ailments the advertised medicines cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Flowers, Hair Ornaments, Leaves, Nature, Plants, Portraits, Women
- ID
- WH285
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Brown's Iron Bitters
- Description
- Trade card advertising Brown's Iron Bitters featuring a woman peering out from behind a column with text that reads: "Brown's Iron Bitters." She is wearing a blue and white dress and a pink bonnet. Behind her is a tall, flowering bush. On the top left corner is an overlaid trade mark.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Hats, Nature, Women's Hats
- ID
- WH236
- 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