Details
Contributor Ketterlinus Printing House, printer.
Title Infancy to old age. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Ketterlinus
Date 1898
Physical Description 2 prints : chromolithograph ; 15 x 9 cm. (6 x 3.5 in.)
Description Complementary testimonial trade cards containing portraits of older consumers of Eskay's Food. One card shows "Ebenezer F. Andrews," rosy-cheeked, wearing a beard, and attired in a suit and tie. Testimonial text below the image reads "I am an invalid troubled with indigestion for over 40 years (am now 67). Over a year ago I commenced using Eskay's Food, and can truly say it is the best Food for invalids I have ever tried." Second cards shows "Mrs. Amelia O'Keefe," rosy-cheeked, and attired in a neckerchief adorned with a pin, spectacles, and her white hair pinned under her ears. Promotional text below the image reads "Now over 98 years old, was nourished and sustained through a very critical illness by the use of Eskay's food. She was unable to retain any nourishment on her stomach until she resorted to this Food."
Notes Printed on versos: vignettes showing children playing and individuals near a river, testimonials from parents of babies fed Eskay's, and a description for preparing the modified milk product.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Andrews, Ebenezer F. -- Portraits.
O'Keefe, Amelia -- Portraits.
Smith, Kline & French.
Food.
Endorsements in advertising.
Older people.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Trade cards -- 1890-1900.
Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900.
Portraits -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Misc. Popular Medicine Collection [P.2010.36.18 & 19]
Accession number P.2010.36.18 (recto)
P.2010.36.18 (verso)
P.2010.36.19 (recto)
P.2010.36.19 (verso)