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Contributor D.J. Gallagher & Co., printer.
Title Finnerty's, the champion of all root beer extracts, 15c. per bottle. 106 Market Street [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : D.J. Gallagher & Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date [1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 14 x 10 cm (5.5 x 4 in.)
Description Racist trade card promoting E.J. Finnerty Jr. & Co.'s patent medicines and depicting a crying African American baby that is suspended from a tree branch. In the center of the image is a baby, attired in a white onesie, that has a white cloth wrapped around their midsection and tied to a blooming cherry tree branch. The baby's eyes are tightly closed, their mouth is open wide, and they grasp a branch of cherry blossoms with their left hand. A straw hat also is on the tree branch. E.J. Finnerty (1863-1901) was a druggist in Philadelphia. He created the firm Finnerty, McClure & Co. in 1891 and continued in the trade until his death.
Notes Title from item.
Advertising text printed on verso: Go to the old reliable drug store, 106 Market St. Philadelphia, for pure drugs and medicine at the lowest prices. We make a specialty of compounding Physicians' Prescriptions, with great care and promptness. A full line of Perfumes and Toilet Articles always on hand. We will also continue the manufacture and sale of the following well-known and highly recommended remedies: Finnerty's W.C.&H. Expectorant, . Per bottle. Price, 25c. The best remedy for coughs, colds, etc. Finnerty's Beef, Iron and Wine, ... " 50c. The great nutritive tonic. Finnerty's Sarsaparilla, ..." 50c. The best blood purifier. Penn's White Linament, ... 25c. The great rheumatic remedy. Finnerty's Essence Ginger, ... " 25c. The reliable remedy for colic, nausea and debility. Finnerty's Cramp and Diarrhoea Mixture, ... " 25c. A sure cure for cholera morbus and stomach troubles. Finnerty's Liver Granules, ... " 25c. No better in the markey. Finnerty's Catarrh Remedy, ... Per Box 25c. Will cure catarrh, cold in the head and hay fever. Michner's German Dyspepsia Lozenges, ... " 50c. The greatest remedy known for the cure of dyspepsia. E.J. Finnerty, Jr. & Co. Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject E.J. Finnerty Jr. & Co.
African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cherry blossoms.
Cherry trees.
Crying
Medicine, Popular.
Patent medicines.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Racism in popular culture.
Straw hats.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Printer D.J. Gallagher & Co., printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Finnerty [P.2017.95.63]
Accession number P.2017.95.63