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Antikamnia Tablets [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts a young girl smelling a white lily while staring out of a window. The word 'purity' appears next to the girl. Back of card is divided into three sections. Back left segment lists diseases and dosages; back center segment shows a 12-month calendar; back right segment has two paragraphs entitled: "to treat a cough" and "when women suffer."
Date:
1909
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Antikamnia Tablets [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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Carter's Backache Plasters [inscribed]

Description:
Description: There is a scene of a house, lake and trees, with sixteen hidden animals disguised into the drawing. “Puzzle Card” is written below the scene, and lists all animals hidden within the drawing. In the upper left hand corner is an outlined box with the title “Carter’s Backache Plasters For Every Ache or Pain.”
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Carter's Backache Plasters [inscribed]

Carter's Backache Plasters [inscribed]

Description:
Description: A man wearing an overcoat to his knee is bending over, holding his back, while his little grandson below speaks to him. The little boy is pointing up at his grandfather telling him to try “Carter’s Backache Plasters” however “plasters” is misspelled in the boy’s quote. 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]

Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor

Description:
Front of the card shows a fantasy scene of a littl boy sitting on a thin branch working a blowing device that is directing ait to fan the flame of a candle sitting on a branch just before him. The boy is in a Turkish type outfit, with a cap that is flopped over his forehead, and a tassle dangles in fron of this eyes. In the upper right: Use Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor the great family ointment.
Date:
[ca. 1885?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor

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. 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]

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]

Dr. Ingham's Nervine Pain Extractor, and Vegetable Liver Pills [inscribed]

Description:
Front of card depicts a boy wiping a broom with a cloth. A girl waits behind him next to a brick hearth holding a wooden bucket. Behind and to the left of the boy, a copper kettle and a silver pot hang near a pair of fireplace tongs resting against a wall. On the floor behind the girl lie a scrub brush and a bar of soap. Reverse 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. Ingham's Nervine Pain Extractor, and Vegetable Liver Pills [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]