Trade Card for Ayer's Products, Weather and Medicine Signals for Daily Reference, 1886
THF214516 / Trade Card for Ayer's Products, Weather and Medicine Signals for Daily Reference, 1886
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Artifact Overview
These weather signal flags are in the company of a dancing troupe of anthropomorphic Ayer's cherry cough syrup bottles. The flags signal "cold wave coming," "storm approaching," and temperature changes as patterns that are similar to the common cold and flu. The reverse tells us that our body, like the weather, can be read by its warning systems.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
1886
Subject Date
1886
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.0.541.537
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 5 in
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