Allen's Root Beer Extract [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Allen's Root Beer Extract [inscribed]

Alternative title

Health is better than wealth
25-cent bottle of Allen's Root Beer Extract will make six gallons of beer

Date Created

[between 1870 and 1906?]

Place of Origin

Lowell (Mass.)

Publisher

Carter, C. E.

Language

English

Collection

Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

Notes

Description

A little girl holding a bunch of flowers in her apron and sucking on the corner of the cloth.
Original trade card forms part of: collection no.311, History & Special collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA

Caption

Allens Root Beer Extract for making home made beer. Health is better than wealth. In warm weather do not drink ice water, which undoubtedly causes Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Allen's Root Beer Extract is made from roots and herbs, such as Dandelion, Ginger, Pipsissewa, Hops, Sassafras, Spikenard (Life of Man), Black Birch, etc., and makes a pleasant and healthy beverage. It acts upon the kidneys and liver, and is perfectly safe for children. It gives an appetite and aids digestion. While acting as a pleasant beverage, it furnishes the most valuable elements of nutrition. It is easy to make, requires no boiling or straining...A 25 cent bottle will make six gallons of beer.

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

12.5 x 8.8 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Flowers
Girls
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Patent medicines

Location

United States

Resource type

still image