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Henry C. Blair's Sons, apothecaries, [8th and Walnut Sts.], Philadelphia. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A106854
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Title
Henry C. Blair's Sons, apothecaries, [8th and Walnut Sts.], Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 6 x 10 cm. (2.5 x 4 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting three robust children in a field. Two of them hoist a large can of "Blair's prepared wheat food" onto a log as the other sits nearby on a wooden fence eating with a bowl and spoon. Men toil in the field near a windmill in the background.
Notes
Advertising text printed on recto and verso promotes "Blair's prepared wheat food. A nutritious diet for infants and invalids."
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Henry C. Blair's Sons.
Patent medicines -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Food.
Eating & drinking.
Children.
Windmills.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Blair [P.9925]
Accession number
P.9925
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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