Details
Contributor Crucius, Louis, d. 1898, artist.
Title 'Tis the genuine [graphic] : For samples send professional card to the Antikamnia Chemical Co. (incorporated) St. Louis, Mo. U.S.A. or 46 Holbron Viaduct London, E.C.
Publisher St. Louis, Mo.: The Antikamnia Chemical Company
Date [ca. 1900]
Physical Description 1 print: halftone photomechanical print; 23 x 16 cm.(9 x 6 in.)
Description Advertisement for the Antikamnia Chemical Company established around 1890. Depicts the skull-headed company icon "Funny Bones," wearing glasses, attired in a suit, and holding an "AK" tablet in his hand, and shrugging. Antikamnia (opposed to pain) was a toxic and addictive medicine often mixed with codeine and quinine. Funny Bones was designed by pharmacist and doctor Louis Crucius.
Notes Advertising text and list of "Depots" printed on verso. Text reads: A World's Tribute. Progress. Triumph. Some Copy Our "Ads," Others imitate our ideas; Some Copy Our Style, Others Imitate Our Packages; But Copy or Imitate "Antikamnia." They Can't!! The Monogram "AK" Differentiates the Genuine Tablets from All Others and Precludes Substitution. Depot locations include Calcutta, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Madrid, and Cairo.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Forms part of William H. Helfand Graphic Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Antikamnia Chemical Company.
Death's head.
Patent medicines.
Genre Ephemera -- 1900-1910.
Advertisements -- 1900-1910.
Halftone photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Graphic Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Advertisements [P.2010.37.63]
Accession number P.2010.37.63r
P.2010.37.63v