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- Dr. Townsend's Sarsaparilla, 1849-1900 -
- 1849-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Townsend's Sarsaparilla, 1849-1900
- L.Q.C. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, 1859-1880 -
- 1859-1880
- Collections - Artifact
L.Q.C. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, 1859-1880
- Dr. A. Rogers Liverwort, Tar, & Canchalgua, 1845-1860 -
- 1845-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. A. Rogers Liverwort, Tar, & Canchalgua, 1845-1860
- Warner's Safe Kidney & Liver Cure, 1879-1900 - Hulbert Harrington Warner, a wealthy New York fire- and burglar-proof safe manufacturer, purchased a medicinal formula from a local doctor and created a multi-million-dollar patent medicine business in the late 1800s. Warner bottled his "cures" and sold them worldwide. The safe on the front of this bottle referenced Warner's previous business enterprise and alluded to the product's perceived safety.
- 1879-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Warner's Safe Kidney & Liver Cure, 1879-1900
Hulbert Harrington Warner, a wealthy New York fire- and burglar-proof safe manufacturer, purchased a medicinal formula from a local doctor and created a multi-million-dollar patent medicine business in the late 1800s. Warner bottled his "cures" and sold them worldwide. The safe on the front of this bottle referenced Warner's previous business enterprise and alluded to the product's perceived safety.
- D.B. Senger Patent Medicine Bottle, "Dr. Wrightsman's Sovereign Balm of Life," 1907-1920 -
- 1907-1920
- Collections - Artifact
D.B. Senger Patent Medicine Bottle, "Dr. Wrightsman's Sovereign Balm of Life," 1907-1920
- Lyman Brown's Seven Barks Almanac, 1900 - Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. In the late 1800s, drug and patent medicine companies published almanacs with colorfully illustrated covers to entice the public to buy their products.
- 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Lyman Brown's Seven Barks Almanac, 1900
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. In the late 1800s, drug and patent medicine companies published almanacs with colorfully illustrated covers to entice the public to buy their products.
- Drake's Plantation Bitters, 1862-1890 - Bitters is an herb-infused alcoholic mixture. Named for its bitter taste, the liquid was originally developed as a medicinal tonic to help soothe stomach complaints or other digestive disorders. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, patent-medicine dealers bottled and sold the elixir. Americans purchased bitters in simple mold-blown bottles or ones shaped like drums, barrels, or cabins.
- 1862-1890
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Drake's Plantation Bitters, 1862-1890
Bitters is an herb-infused alcoholic mixture. Named for its bitter taste, the liquid was originally developed as a medicinal tonic to help soothe stomach complaints or other digestive disorders. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, patent-medicine dealers bottled and sold the elixir. Americans purchased bitters in simple mold-blown bottles or ones shaped like drums, barrels, or cabins.
- Dr. Boyce's Tonic Bitters, 1850-1883 - Bitters is an herb-infused alcoholic mixture. Named for its bitter taste, the liquid was originally developed as a medicinal tonic to help soothe stomach complaints or other digestive disorders. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, patent-medicine dealers bottled and sold the elixir. Americans purchased bitters in simple mold-blown bottles or ones shaped like drums, barrels, or cabins.
- 1850-1883
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Boyce's Tonic Bitters, 1850-1883
Bitters is an herb-infused alcoholic mixture. Named for its bitter taste, the liquid was originally developed as a medicinal tonic to help soothe stomach complaints or other digestive disorders. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, patent-medicine dealers bottled and sold the elixir. Americans purchased bitters in simple mold-blown bottles or ones shaped like drums, barrels, or cabins.
- Trade Card for Merchant's Gargling Oil and Watchmaker D.E. Hoxie, 1870-1900 - Dr. George Merchant founded the Merchant's Gargling Oil Company in 1833 in Lockport, New York. The company claimed the liniment (not really for "gargling") eased a variety of aches and pains common to "man and beast"--it bottled one version for humans and another for animals. In the late 1800s, the company used almanacs, songbooks, and trade cards to advertise its product.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Merchant's Gargling Oil and Watchmaker D.E. Hoxie, 1870-1900
Dr. George Merchant founded the Merchant's Gargling Oil Company in 1833 in Lockport, New York. The company claimed the liniment (not really for "gargling") eased a variety of aches and pains common to "man and beast"--it bottled one version for humans and another for animals. In the late 1800s, the company used almanacs, songbooks, and trade cards to advertise its product.
- Trade Card for Alaska Catarrh Compound, Alaska Compound Co., circa 1884 - 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.
- circa 1884
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Alaska Catarrh Compound, Alaska Compound Co., circa 1884
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.