| Title |
C.H. & J. Price, pharmacists, No. 226 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1880 |
| Date |
1880 |
| Physical Description |
2 prints : lithographs ; sheet 11.5 x 8 cm (4.5 x 3 in.) |
| Description |
Series of picture puzzle cards including "The doctor and his patients" showing a man attired in a monocle and a suit and holding
a top hat and "Fair spirits and foul" depicting an anthropomorphized monkey attired in Elizabethan-era clothing and holding
a sword. Upon closer inspection, human faces are visible in these two figures. C.H. and J. Price was the partnership between
Charles H. and Joseph Price.
|
| Is part of |
American Puzzle Cards |
| Notes |
Copyrighted 1880. |
|
Title from advertising text printed on versos. |
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Additional advertising text printed on versos: In addition to our large stock of drugs, medicines and chemicals, we offer
a complete assortment of elastic stockings, knee caps, anklets, belts &c., for the relief and support of varicose veins, weak,
swollen or ulcerated limbs, abdominal weakness or tumors. Also all varieties of spring and elastic trusses. A competent pharmacist
will respond to the bell at any hour of the night.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of William H. Helfand. |
| Subject |
C.H. & J. Price (Salem, Mass.) |
|
Pharmacists -- Massachusetts -- Salem. |
|
Pharmaceutical industry -- Massachusetts -- Salem. |
|
Animals in human situations. |
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Daggers & swords. |
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Faces. |
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Monkeys. |
|
Men. |
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Physicians. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
|
Lithographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Picture puzzles -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - P [P.9828.6645 & 6646] |
| Accession number |
P.9828.6645 |
|
P.9828.6646 |
