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Alcool au sel de Brázay est indispensable [inscribed]

Description:
Card is designed to be folded, with images on front and back outside and text inside. Front of card shows image of young, beautiful woman with large red flowers in her long blonde hair and an ornate medallion behind her head. Additional text on front of card: "Fabrik à Budapest Hongrie. Bruchsteiner & Fils, Budapest." Back of card contains image of a bottle of the medication described, with text in English and German. Label on bottle depicts one man rubbing the back of another with a cloth while holding a bottle of medication in his hand. English text on back of card: "Brázay's saltspirits. Indispensable domestic remedy. Factory Budapest Hungary." German text on back of card: "Brázay's Fransbranntwein. Unentbehrliches Hausmittel. Fabrik Budapest, Ungarn."
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Alcool au sel de Brázay est indispensable [inscribed]

Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts two chicks closely approaching each other while a thid stands in the background facing away from the viewer. To the right of the chicks is a sign touting the merits of Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid. The card is surrounded by leaves and various flowers. A butterfly rests on the top left corner of the card.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid [inscribed]

Identification Card compliments Union Clothing Co [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card shows a horse and buggy accident. Two people are thrown from the buggy and people on the street are rushing to help. The man in the forefront of the image is one thrown from the buggy and a woman is taking his identification card out of his jacket pocket. The center pages of brochure is the identification card that the union member fills out. The back of the card is an advertisement for the union.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Identification Card compliments Union Clothing Co [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]

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]

Biliousine [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts a crowd of men and women entering a store and looking at a window display. The display is labled Biliousine with a hanging sign that reads, "For sale here." There are bottles of Billiousine in the window. A sign hanging outside of the store reads, "Biliousine is a sure cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion, sour stomach, heartburn & c."Back of card contains a list of people who will "testify from actual experience."
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Biliousine [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]

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]

Brown's Iron Bitters [inscribed]

Description:
Description: A brown haired woman wearing a pink floral dress is sitting in a barn holding a wooden pail next to a wooden wheel. She is looking left in this scene Above her is the title “Brown’s Iron Bitters. The Best Tonic” In the lower left hand corner is written information for the use of the this product. In the lower right hand corner there is the name “Mrs. Lanetry” followed by “The Jersey Lily”
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Brown's Iron Bitters [inscribed]

Dr. Petzold's German Bitters [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts a picture of a personified leaf smoking a cigar and sitting down in a fine chair outdoors. Leaf has a profiled face of a smug man and is blowing smoke out of its mouth and gazing towards the left. Card suggests that taking the advertised tonic will lead to a good and successful life. The back of the card describes all the applications and uses of the tonic as well as the price and where to find it.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Dr. Petzold's German Bitters [inscribed]

Dr. Copp's White Mountain Anti-bilious Bitters [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts a red-haired man with a beard and a straw hat fishing while sitting on a rock on the shore. He has an irritable expression on his face. A lobster is seated to his right, holding up the fishing rod. An open picnic basket with a red blanket sits to his left. On the other side of the basket, four sea birds scavange for food in the sand, while a dozen more birds fly in the distant sky. Reversde side is text only.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Dr. Copp's White Mountain Anti-bilious Bitters [inscribed]

Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts a girl emerging from a flower holding a bottle of the iron tonic in one hand and a spoon in the other. She is observing a snail taking flight from the plant, while another snail (without wings) sits on a leaf. It appears that the girl has just served the first snail with the tonic, causing it to sprout wings and take flight. The grounded snail awaits the chance to experience for itself the invigorating properties of the tonic. Reversde side is text only, which shows through the front.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1906?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic [inscribed]

Burdock Blood Bitters [inscribed]

Description:
Description: Two young boys sit in a wooden wagon while being pulled by a young girl. One boy with black curly hair is wearing a blue shirt and holding a closed red umbrella in his right hand. The other boy has blonde hair and wears a gray hat, while scratching his head with his right hand. The young girl has black hair and wears a red/yellow dress along with black shoes.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Burdock Blood Bitters [inscribed]

Carter's Backache Plasters [inscribed]

Description:
Description: A man wearing an overcoat is bending over, holding his back, while his little son below speaks to him. The quote “Oh! My poor back” appears above him. The little boy is pointing up at his grandfather telling him to try “Carter’s Backache Plasters.” The title “Carter’s Backache Plasters” is written below the scene.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Carter's Backache Plasters [inscribed]

Burdock Blood Bitters [inscribed]

Description:
Description: A young child is standing with her feet apart, right hand on hip, and left hand on a wooden sword, attached to the belt the child wears. The child wears a gray jacket on a white shirt and a yellow short pants and white socks with blue dots until her knees. She also wears a pair of circular glasses and a burgundy cap.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Burdock Blood Bitters [inscribed]