Anchor Pain Expeller [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Anchor Pain Expeller [inscribed]

Alternative title

Richter's Anchor Ferrola

Date Created

[between 1870 and 1906?]

Date

1870/1906

Place of Origin

New York (N.Y.)

Publisher

F. Ad. Richter & Co.

Language

English
German

Collection

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

Notes

Description

Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
Front of card depicts a blacksmith in a workshop hammering a red anchor. A girl stands next to him presenting a glass filled with tonic on a tray labeled "Ferrola." A wall hanging reads, "Schafft Eisen Euch ins Blut, Dr. Bock." The illustration advertises Richter's Anchor Ferrola, a treatment for anemia-related fatigue. The text on the back of the card advertises both Ferrola and Anchor Pain Expeller.

Caption

Additional text on back of card: Awards: 28 gold, silver, and bronze Medals...F. AD. Richter & Co...Sole manufacturers of the celebrated Anchor Pain Expeller, the unequalled remedy for Gout, Rheumatism, Sprains, Backache, Pains in the Joints, Neuralgia, and kindred complaints. It cures where other medicines have failed! Give Anchor Pain Expeller a trial and you will agree that it is the remedy you were looking for. Price 50 cents a bottle...If you look pale and worn and cannot overcome that tired feeling, if you cannot get warm and have frequent shivering sensations, if you suffer from poverty of blood and are in need of a tonic, take Richter's Anchor Ferrola, it will cure you. This easily digestible medicine is particularly recommended to persons with a weak stomach. Price 50 cents a bottle...of all druggists, or direct from the importers: F AD. Richter & Co., 310 Broadway, New York.
Text on front of card: Schafft Eisen Euch ins Blut, Dr. Bock...Translated text on front of card: It creates iron in your blood, Dr. Bock.

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

10.1 x 14.9 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pain--Treatment
Girls
Blacksmiths
Anchors
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements.
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Anemia--Treatment
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency--Advertisements