Details
Title Dr. Leidy's san-guin'e-ous sarsparilla panacea vegetable compound. [graphic] : Prepared only by Dr. Leidy National dispensary, No. 217 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph on yellow paper; 31 x 32 cm. (12 x 12.5 in.)
Description Label for druggist and patent medicine dealer Dr. N. B. Leidy. Comprised of three sections within ornamented borders. Front section includes a vignette portrait of Leidy and directions for use. Side sections include promotional text and names of professional endorsers. Leidy operated a drug dispensary from the 1840s to late 19th century. Leidy operated from North Sixth Street by 1880.
Notes Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
Subject Leidy, N. B. (Napoleon B.)
Leidy, N. B. (Napoleon B.) -- Portraits.
Borders (Ornament areas)
Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Patent medicines.
Genre Labels -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Misc. [P.2010.37.90]
Accession number P.2010.37.90