Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething [inscribed]

Date Created

1886

Date

1886

Place of Origin

New York (N.Y.)

Language

English
German
French

Collection

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

Notes

Description

The card shows a picture of a lady with her two kids sleeping on the bed, the lady is reading an edvertisement on a newspaper, in the first page it is written on it the title of the card "Mrs.Winslow's soothing syrup for children teething" and there is a drawing of a syrup tube by the end of the 1st page on the newspaper. On the back of the card there is a picture of a calendar of the year of 1886, also there is a small paragraph in English which is translated to German and French.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special for the sciences, Louise M. Darling biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

On the back of the card: ...A toilet luxury. To cleanse and whiten the Teeth; To remove tartar from the teeth; To sweeten the breath and preserve the teeth; To make the gums hard and healthy, use Brown's Camphorated Saponateous Dentifrice...

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

8.2 x 12.6 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dental Care for Children--Advertisements
Children
Newspapers
Women
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements.
Patent medicines