Allen's Root Beer Extract [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Allen's Root Beer Extract [inscribed]

Alternative title

Health is better than Wealth

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 small square advertising trade card for Allens Root Beet Extract features a young girl with a bonnet with flowers and pink ribbon.
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

6.3 x 6.3 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

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

Location

United States

Resource type

still image