Trade Card for Hops & Malt Bitters, The Great Blood Purifier, 1875-1885
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Artifact Overview
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
1875-1885
Subject Date
1875-1885
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
84.13.27.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.25 in
Width: 3.125 in
Inscriptions
Text on front: HOPS & MALT BITTERS THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER Sure Cure for LIVER & KIDNEY COMPLAINTS MANUFACTURED BY HOPS & MALT BITTERS CO. DETROIT, MICH.
Text on reverse, in part: None Genuine unless Manufactured by the HOPS & MALT BITTERS CO., 136 Larned St. W. DETROIT, MICH....Compounded from the well known Curatives Hops, Malt, Buchu, Mandrake, Dandelion, Sarsaparilla, Cascara Sagrada, etc., combined with an agreeable Aromatic Elixir. THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA & INDIGESTION, Act upon the Liver and Kidneys, REGULATE THE BOWELS...For General Debility, Loss of Appetite, Vitality...They are especially recommended for all the various Complaints and Diseases of Women.../
Stamped in red ink on reverse: FOR SALE BY A.B. LEE, Druggist 453 GRAND RIVER AVENUE NEAR 7TH STREET/
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