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Laboratory of Minnie Mueller Tolke, manufacturing chemist. Chemical, dermatological and pharmaceutical preparations. Cincinatti, O. [graphic] : Tolke's treatment for the skin and the complexion.
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Title
Laboratory of Minnie Mueller Tolke, manufacturing chemist. Chemical, dermatological and pharmaceutical preparations. Cincinatti, O. [graphic] : Tolke's treatment for the skin and the complexion.
Publisher
[Cincinnati]
Publisher
OH. Cincinnati. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 print: halftone photomechanical print; 28 x 22 cm. (7 x 8.5 in.)
Description
Letterhead containing a montage of images including an Athena-like figure, pharmaceutical apparatus, and a woman partaking of a Tolke vaporizer treatment for a "beautiful complexion."
Notes
Completed in type on February 17, 1898 to "Dear Friend" from Minnie Mueller Tolke, M.C. soliciting for agents by making an "introductory offer" of her beauty treatment to "one person in each locality" to introduce the product into their local market.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject
Tolke, Minnie Mueller.
Athena (Greek deity)
Atomizers.
Cosmetics.
Patent medicines.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Ohio -- Cincinatti.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Equipment and supplies.
Genre
Letterheads -- 1880-1890.
Halftone photomechanical prints -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Billheads, etc. [P.2010.37.50]
Accession number
P.2010.37.50r
P.2010.37.50v
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
William H. Helfand Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection
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