Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup [inscribed]

Alternative title

For Children Teething

Date Created

[between 1870 and 1906?]

Language

English
German
French

Collection

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

Notes

Description

Front of the card shows a women in bed with her two children. She is holding an infant with one hand and reading a newspaper with other hand; the newspaper page says "Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for children teething," while her other child is leaning on her. A bottle of the syrup is on the night table.The back of the card contains a calendar and texts in English, French and German, but unfortunately the card is damaged and some parts of the card cannot be read, mainly the date on the card.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no.311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

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 Saponaceous Dentrifice...

Physical Description

Extent

1 print (trade card)

Dimensions

8.3 x 12.6 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Dental Care for Children--Advertisements
Children teething
Children
Pain--Treatment
Women
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements.
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Pain
Patent medicines
Drug Therapy--Advertisements

Location

United States

Resource type

still image