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Wheat Bitters. The best blood and nerve food tonic known [inscribed]

Description:
Illustration on front of card depicts a formally dressed couple sitting at a table under a tree and next to a river. The man, who is wearing a top hat, has his arm around a little girl who is leaning on his chair. The man and woman are both gesturing towards a large bottle of Wheat Bitters that is on the table, next to a drinking glass. Text on the back of the card describes Wheat Bitters as an effective treatment for diseases and conditions affecting women at various times of their lives.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Wheat Bitters. The best blood and nerve food tonic known [inscribed]

Patterson's Bitter Apple [inscribed]

Description:
The card shows a picture of 3 people, 2 men on the side and a woman in the middle, three of them are wearing hats and they are all wrapped in a blanket. The man on the left his right hand is in the muff and the man on the right side his left hand is in the same muff. The woman's hands are holding reins.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Patterson's Bitter Apple [inscribed]

Patent Medicine Trade Cards

Description:
The trade cards are small, colorfully illustrated advertising cards touting a particular medicine and its many cures. The illustrations often have little to do with any of the ailments purported to be cured. They were pure advertising and very collectible.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]

Parker's Tonic [inscribed]

Description:
The card presents a picture of a beautiful lady whose posing for the picture , she is wearing a hat, wearing a very nice makeup, she is putting her left hand by her chin, the lady has a flower in her left hand, she is also wearing jewelery like a bracelet.The poster also says that the parker's tonic brings the bloom of health to the cheek and delight to the heart.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Parker's Tonic [inscribed]

My life was saved by Bovinine [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts a young woman resting in an arm chair by a window wearing a red robe. There is a table next to the chair with a bottle of Bovinine and two glasses, one filled with Bovinine and one with water. When the card is held to the light her eyes appear to open and a bull appears in the window with the words: My life was saved by Bovinine.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
My life was saved by Bovinine [inscribed]

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup [inscribed]

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.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup [inscribed]

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. [inscribed]

Description:
In the card it shows the picture of a woman holding a baby, she is looking at the baby with all love and care, behind the woman there is part of a wall frame. On the back of the card there is a picture of a calendar of the year of 1888, also there is a small paragraph in english which is translated to german and french.
Date:
1888
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. [inscribed]

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup [inscribed]

Description:
The card depicts a woman holding an infant and giving her/him the syrup in a spoon while two small girls are looking. All are in Victorian cloths. The woman has one of her feet on a foothold and there is a table by her side with an elaborate tablecloth. A small children dolly is on the floor and a small glimpse of outdoor wall can be seen.
Date:
[1849?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup [inscribed]

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

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.
Date:
1886
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething [inscribed]

Mennen's Sure Corn Killer [inscribed]

Description:
One side of the card displays a colorful illustration of a man and a woman riding in a train or a trolly. The well-dressed man in top hat and coat is seated reading a paper, with his valise on the floor by his side. The woman, who is standing, carries a basket apparently full of vegetables from her marketing. She is looking sideways back at the seated man with a look of great annoyance on her face, and the heel of one of her boots is in top of the man's foot. He grins as if to say that he does not feel any pain. At the bottom of the picture is the line: Gent. I can support anything, I use Mennen's Sure Corn Killer. In the bottom right corner is a small inset with pictures of two feet, one labeled "before" and one labeled "after," to illustrate the effectiveness of the product.
Date:
[1884?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Mennen's Sure Corn Killer [inscribed]