| Contributor |
Moritz, Charles, printer. |
| Title |
Pleis' celebrated fit powders & liver pills, 860 N. Third Street, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: Chas. Moritz |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1881 |
| Date |
c1881 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: chromolithograph; 12 x 8 cm. (4.75 x 3.25 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card containing a parental scene using animal figures. Shows a mother and father bunny playing jump rope with their
bunny child. The child bunny wears a ribbon around his neck and jumps under the airborne rope. Rabbit tracks are visible on
the ground. Also contains several lines of advertising text on the verso. Text promotes the testing of the powder by "over
40,000 cases," its curative powers for any age and for any length of time of the affliction of "spasms," and price per box
($.85 cents or $1). Advertising text also promotes "Pleis' Vegetable Liver Pills" at "25 cents per box."
|
| Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler. |
| Subject |
Pleis, John M., Jr. |
|
Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Animals in human situations. |
|
Rabbits. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1880-1890. |
|
Chromolithograhs -- 1880-1890. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.45] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.45 |
