Mitchell's Kidney Plasters [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Mitchell's Kidney Plasters [inscribed]

Date Created

[between 1870 and 1906?]

Place of Origin

New York (N.Y) ?

Language

English

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.
The card depicts a scene where an older african american man is talking on the phone. On the other side of the card there's a donkey appearing to be at the other side of the line.

Caption

On front of the card:Bless my stars! He must be a foreigner and can't understand Say! Tell James to call round to de drug store and get some MITCHELL'S KIDNEY PLASTERS.Mr. Livingston he can't go out today, he got such a pain across his Kidneys...

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

10.4 x 6.9 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

African American men
Telephones
Kidney Diseases--drug therapy--Advertisements
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements.
Donkeys
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Plaster (Pharmacy)
Patent medicines
Analgesics--Advertisements

Names

J.H. Bufford & Co.

Location

United States

Resource type

still image