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Title For…colds, sore throat, headache, neuralgia. Now is the time of year when catarrah troubles you! [graphic] / Compliments of C.N. Hook, Dealer in dry goods, groceries, etc., Felchville, Vt.
Publisher Japan : [publisher not identified]
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : color woodblock ; sheet 33 x 24 (12.75 x 9.5 in.)
Description Advertisement for a patent medicine and depicting a group of Japanese men, women, and children. Shows in the right from top to bottom, the man, attired in a purple kimono, wearing a large red mask; woman, attired in a blue kimono with a red obi, holding a wooden paddle in her right hand; and woman, attired in a purple kimono with a red obi, carrying a baby on her back who is waving. In the left from top to bottom, boy, attired in a blue kimono, running, holding a wooden paddle in his right hand, and carrying a baby on his back who holds a rod with a red square on a string; boy, attired in a purple kimono, playing with a top; woman, attired in a blue kimono with a red obi, carrying sticks in each hand; and man, attired in a blue kimono, lounging on his side while a boy, attired in a purple kimono, plays. Advertising text is in the center and includes a bust-length portrait of a white woman holding an inhaler in her left hand. Clarence N. Hooks (1856-1935) began a mercantile business in Felchville, Vermont in 1882. The firm Hook & Burnham was formed in 1893 with George D. Burnham and continued until 1903.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from active dates of the advertised business.
Text printed on recto: For…colds, sore throat, headache, neuralgia. Now is the time of year when catarrah troubles you! Cushman’s menthol inhaler is an ingenious device, highly recommended by the most eminent medical authorities, consisting of a glass tube four inches long, one-half inch in diameter, filled with crystals of pure menthol in such a manner as to allow free passage of air through them The mentholized air being inhaled through the nose penetrates to the remotest recesses of the nasal passages and gives prompt relief. By continual use it is a sure cure of catarrh, headache, facial neuralgia, colds, catarrh and hay fever. The mentholized air inhaled by the mouth reaches the larynx, bronchial tubes and the very air cells of the lungs, curing croup, sore throat, asthma and bronchitis. Menthol is to-day the acknowledged antiseptic and germicide for internal use. It is the only known remedy that will destroy the germs, spores, bacteria and such minute organisms without injury to the patient. It is so volatile, and separates into such minute particles, that there is no hiding place so diminutive for a disease germ which an atom of menthol does not seek out. It is pleasant to use. Not injurious. Is neat; can be carried in the pocket. No bottle to break; no spoon to bother with. It is not a patent medicine, but a well-known remedy, endorsed by the very highest medical authority. Costs but 50 cents and lasts a year. Cushman’s menthol inhaler!! Costs 50 cents. Lasts a year. Compliments of C.N. Hook, Dealer in dry goods, groceries, etc., Felchville, Vt.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
See related: Graphic Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Series II - Advertisements [P.2010.37.71-72].
Subject Hook, Clarence N., 1856-1935.
Boys -- Japanese.
Dry goods stores -- Vermont -- Felchville.
Infants -- Japanese.
Inhalers.
Kimonos.
Japanese.
Men -- Japanese.
Patent medicines.
Pharmaceutical industry -- United States.
Play (Recreation) -- Japan.
Tops (Toys)
Women -- Japanese.
AAPI.
Women.
Genre Advertisements -- 1880-1890.
Wood engravings -- Color -- 1880-1890.
Ephemera -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Graphic Popular Medicine Print Collection - Advertisements [P.2012.29.58]
Accession number P.2012.29.58