Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething [inscribed]

Date Created

1887

Language

English
German
French

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 the card depicts a woman who is leaning on one hand, holding a bottle of the syrup and with the other hand, holding a nude, but seemingly happy infant while looking at the child compassionately with a smile. She is wearing a white robe over a red dress in an outdoor garden. Meant to indicate that syrup makes everyone’s life happy.

Caption

...Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for Children Teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind Colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea...

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card

Dimensions

8.8 x 12.7 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Dental Care for Children--Advertisements
Children teething
Women
Infants
Patent medicines
Drug Therapy--Advertisements

Names

Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements

Location

United States

Resource type

still image