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- Parson's Purgative Pills, 1870-1890 - Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Parson's Purgative Pills, 1870-1890
Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920
- Veterinary Instrument Case, circa 1920 -
- 1945
- Collections - Artifact
Veterinary Instrument Case, circa 1920
- Recipe Booklet,"The Health Value of Knox Sparkling Gelatine," 1924 - Charles B. Knox revolutionized the use of gelatin in 1889 when he developed a method for granulating gelatin (before this, gelatin was sold in sheet form). When Knox passed away in 1908, his wife Rose took over the Knox Gelatine company, marketing its unflavored "sparkling gelatin" to American housewives. This booklet from 1924 highlights the health benefits of eating Knox Sparkling Gelatine.
- 1924
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Recipe Booklet,"The Health Value of Knox Sparkling Gelatine," 1924
Charles B. Knox revolutionized the use of gelatin in 1889 when he developed a method for granulating gelatin (before this, gelatin was sold in sheet form). When Knox passed away in 1908, his wife Rose took over the Knox Gelatine company, marketing its unflavored "sparkling gelatin" to American housewives. This booklet from 1924 highlights the health benefits of eating Knox Sparkling Gelatine.
- Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920
- Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920
- Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920
- Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Tuberculosis Brand, circa 1920