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Title: Jew David's Plaster
Description: Gift of William H. Helfand, 2017., Round metal container of the patent medicine Jew David’s plaster. Reads on the lid, “Jew Davids, Plaster, E. Taylor, Rochester, N. York.”
Creator: Taylor, E.
Date: 19th century
Location: OBJ 911

Title: Medicine bottle
Description: Patent medicine bottle made in amber glass. Reads along the side of the bottle, Dr. H.S. Thacher’s Cholera Mixture Chattanooga, Tenn. Diamond embossed on the base. Henry Savage Thacher (1826-1898) was a chemist and apothecary who founded the Thacher Medicine Company in 1890. John Lupton bought the company in 1910, and the FDA later shut it down in the 1930s. The American Medicine Association and the federal government declared Dr. Thacher’s medicines to be quackery, that they made false and fraudulent claims, and that the ingredients were misbranded., Gift of Charles E. Rosenberg, 2017.
Creator: Thacher Medicine Company
Date: Late 19th -early 20th c
Location: OBJ 904

Title: Swaim, James
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: October 9, 1830

Title: Dr. George Stuart's botanical syrup and vegetable pills, the greatest family medicine in the world. [graphic].
Description: Location: 254 Race Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date: ca. 1849.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W098.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W98 [P.2147]

Title: Dr. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters and balsamic cordial. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 418 Arch St., Philadelphia. [graphic].
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Jackson occupied this building in 1858 and 1859.
Date: ca. 1858.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W099.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W99 [P.2144]

Title: A bitter "draught"
Description: Photographic reproduction of a caricature satirizing the forced conscription of the poor and immigrant classes unable to pay for substitutes during the Civil War. Shows Abraham Lincoln, attired in a smock adorned with stars, feeding "Conscription" medicine from a bowl to a scrawny Irishman who has his mouth wide open. An advertisement for "Dr. Lincoln's Ready Relief Pills" adorns the wall behind them., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: J. Hall & Co.
Date: c1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Hall Caricatures and cartoons [5792.F.13]

Title: [Frederick Brown's Ginger trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards labeled "Cherry Unripe" depicting a woman with a pained look on her face clutching her stomach and "Cherry Ripe" showing a content, pretty woman. Advertises Genuine Brown's Ginger for cramps and colics, stomach-ache, stomache disorders, and indigestion in banners above and below the "Cherry Unripe" illustration., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Brown's Ginger product for family medicine purposes, for "the dyspeptic, and to those who are predisposed to gout or rheumatic affections...and to the inebriate who wishes to reform." Also promotes Brown's Ginger in the fall for comfort from the "first cool chilliness", the winter for the skin "to act well" and in the spring "to add to your back-bone, and make you take interest in life"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Brown [1975.F.79 & 80]

Title: [Drs. Starkey & Palen's Compound Oxygen, 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a sailor steering a boat with his left hand and holding a bottle of Dr. Starkey & Palen's Compound in his right. He wears a red and black striped shirt and a red beret., Title supplied by cataloger., Testimonial printed on verso entitled "The most popular agent" and signed "Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 19. 1886" and "W.H. Worthington"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Starkey [P.2002.67.1]

Title: Swaim, William
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: May 12, 1829

Title: [Abraham Lincoln caricature satirizing the draft]
Description: Photographic reproduction of a racist caricature satirizing the forced conscription of the poor and immigrant classes unable to pay for substitutes during the Civil War. Shows Abraham Lincoln feeding a bottle of the "Black Draft" to a haggard looking man who sits with his feet in a tub. The bottle of "Black Draft" contains figures of African Americans., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln.
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Bispham - Caricatures and cartoon [5792.F.4g]

Title: London Mfg. Co. essences of meats, 77 & 79 Varick Street, New York
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl wearing a bonnet embellished with flowers and wrapped in large bow under her chin., Advertising text promoting essences of meat (beef, mutton, and chicken) for invalids, dyspeptics, infants, in cases of sea sickness and after child-birth printed on verso with the London Manufacturing Company's trademark symbol., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - London [1975.F.500]

Title: The Shaker extract of roots. Sold by A.J. White, New York City. Office, 29 Murray Street
Description: Envelope containing ornate lettering and details promoting the syrup, also known as Mother Siegel's Curative Syrup, introduced into the market by White circa 1876. White's company, which specialized in the wholesale of Shaker medicines, operated until 1957., Addressed in manuscript to: Martin Kishpaugh Esq, McMichaels, Monroe Co., Pa., Contains three-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.94]

Title: [Thermaline, manufactured by Dundas Dick & Co., New York]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers surrounded by a decorative border., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Thermaline as a remedy for chills and fever, fever and ague, all malarial diseases, liver complaint, dyspepsia, general debility, rheumatism, neuralgia, sick headache, colds, slight catarrh and other pulmonary diseases., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Thermaline [1975.F.875]

Title: Pleis' fit powders & liver pills, Phila. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Description: Illustrated trade card and holiday greeting card depicting three girls sitting and lying in bed admiring a decorated Christmas tree., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Pleis' fit powders for the cure of fits (epilepsy), spasms, convulsions, St. Vitus' dance, neuralgia nervousness, and all nervous affections. Prepared by John M. Pleis, Jr., 860 North Third St., Philada., Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Pleis [1975.F.708]

Title: Warner's safe rheumatic cure
Description: Trade card showing a girl attending to a man with dwarfism, seated on a chair, and with his two wrapped feet resting on an ottoman. She hands him a bottle of Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure. Image also shows the box for the cure in the lower right corner. H. H. Warner, entered the patent medicine trade in 1879, and expanded his line of products to include the Safe Rheumatic Cure in 1885. The marketing of his "Safe" cure usually alluded to its benefits to persons whose health was already in peril., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Misc. Popular Medicine Collection [P.2010.36.7]

Title: Horsford's acid phosphate for mental & physical exhaustion, dyspepsia &c. It makes a delicious drink with water & sugar only. Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R.I
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a baby seated in a chair holding a card inscribed "Prof. Horsford's acid phosphate". Includes a small silhouette printed on verso labeled "Count Rumsford". Rumford Chemical Works, established in 1854 by George F. Wilson and Eben Horsford, began manufacturing Horsford's acid phosphate ca. 1868., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Horsford's acid phosphate for dyspepsia, indigestion, headache, mental & physical exhaustion, nervousness, hysteria, and night sweats of consuption. Sold by Louis A. Bates, pharmacist, 739 Sixth Avenue, one door above 42nd Street, New York., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Horsford's [1975.F.436]

Title: Use ideal quinine and sulphur soap
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a deer running through a forest., Advertising text printed on verso: Ideal tooth powder 25 c. per bottle. When I go to bed! I can't sleep on account of the terrible itching of my limbs. "Ideal" quinine and sulphur soap will cure this and all other skin diseases. 25 c. per cake. Of your dealer or by mail. Vail Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ideal [P.9787]

Title: For the world of sufferers. For warding off disease. For securing good health. To enjoy cheerful spirits, health, and happiness. Take Simmons Liver Regulator
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a Roman soldier protecting a mother and child and is equipped with a galea or helmet, a sword labeled "regulator" and a shield labeled "Simmons Liver Regulator". He lifts his sword to slay snakes labeled "dypepsia," "fever," "biliousness," and "heartburn". Simmons Liver Regulator was manufactured by J.H. Zeilin & Company., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as purely vegetable and a safe family medicine and includes testimonials., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Simmons [1975.F.853]

Title: [Business stationery of Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., patent medicine warehouse, Boston Ma.]
Description: Includes letterhead containing ornamented lettering and two billheads containing ornate lettering, pictorial details, and a decorative border. Details include the firm's trademark comprised of a patent medicine bottle, banner, laurels, and the text "Geo. C. Goodwin & Co. New England Patent Medicine Warehouse." Billheads also contain punch holes upper edge. Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., established in 1839, was incorporated into Eastern Drug Co. 1899-1900., Title supplied by cataloger., P.2011.46.148 completed in manuscript on June 7, 1865 from Geo. G. Goodwin & Co. to Mr. P. M. [Fuchs?], St. John, N.B. about a "gold draft for $300 net...passed to credit the amount four hundred and eight dollars." Contains cancelled two cent stamp depicting portrait of George Washington. Inscribed on verso: G. C. Goodwin & Co. June 7, 1865., P.2011.46.149 completed in type to Mr. S. D. Atwood on April 22, 1899 for several items, including Camphor, LaPage's glue, Hustena, and Warren's Troches for $27.56. Stamped: Received Payment June 12, 1899. Geo. Goodwin & Co. and signed Underhill., P.2011.46.150 completed in type to Mr. S. D. Atwood on June 7, 1899 for several items, including D. Dye, Electro Silicon, Burnett's Ext. Lemon, and Citric Acid for $21.18. Stamped: Received Payment August 23, 1899. Geo. Goodwin & Co. and signed By Underhill., Printed on rectos of P.2011.46.149 & 150: Net Insured against Breakage, Leakage, Loss or Damage of Any Kind; Sold by [ ]. Reg. No. [ ]. Order filled by No. [ ]; All Claims For Shortage Must Be Made Within 3 days After Receipt of Goods., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1860-ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - G [P.2011.46.148-150]

Title: Doct. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters, for the permanent cure of liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach Haupt Depot, German medicine store, 631 Arch St
Description: Label for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene in the wilderness. Depicts a medieval soldier leaning against a tree and his shield. An ax and club rest beneath him. The soldier wears a pony tail and chest plate. Also contains advertising text in German in the side borders. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Printed in lower border: Genuine Signed. C.M. Jackson. Philadelphia., Date of printing based on business address advertised., C. M. Jackson began marketing bitters in the United States about 1848. He operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859, and then 631 Arch Street. Jones & Evans assumed operations of the office and factory circa 1862., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [printed ca. 1861], c1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.190c]

Title: Doct. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters, for the permanent cure of liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach Haupt Depot, German medicine store, 631 Arch St
Description: Label for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene in the wilderness. Depicts a medieval soldier leaning against a tree and his shield. An ax and club rest beneath him. The soldier wears a pony tail and chest plate. Also contains advertising text in German in the side borders. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Printed in lower border: Genuine Signed. C.M. Jackson. Philadelphia., Date of printing based on business address advertised., C. M. Jackson began marketing bitters in the United States about 1848. He operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859, and then 631 Arch Street. Jones & Evans assumed operations of the office and factory circa 1862., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [printed ca. 1861], c1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.190c]

Title: Doctor Laroch's von Paris, ächte Pillen für die rhumatischen Uebel, &c Das schäzbarste Hülfsmittel fur Rhumatismus, rhumatische Gicht, scorbutische Umstäde, &c. Auszug ans einem Brief des Doctoren Laroche in Paris, an den Doctor M. Lechleitner in Lancaster, Pa
Description: Advertisement, testimonials, and directions for use of Dr. Laroche's rheumatism pills, available from his agent, Dr. M. Lechleitner, in Lancaster, Pa., Dated from typographic evidence., Printed area measures 20.3 x 18.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Laroche, Dr.
Date: [between 1830 and 1850?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1830 Laroche 15124.Q(Roughwood)

Title: Doctor Laroch's von Paris, ächte Pillen für die rhumatischen Uebel, &c Das schäzbarste Hülfsmittel fur Rhumatismus, rhumatische Gicht, scorbutische Umstäde, &c. Auszug ans einem Brief des Doctoren Laroche in Paris, an den Doctor M. Lechleitner in Lancaster, Pa
Description: Advertisement, testimonials, and directions for use of Dr. Laroche's rheumatism pills, available from his agent, Dr. M. Lechleitner, in Lancaster, Pa., Dated from typographic evidence., Printed area measures 20.3 x 18.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Laroche, Dr.
Date: [between 1830 and 1850?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1830 Laroche 15124.Q(Roughwood)

Title: Amer ican hair dye warranted Prepared only by Dr. D. Jayne, No. 8 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Proprietor of Jayne’s Hair Tonic, which besides being a delightful perfume, will increase the growth [sic] & beauty of the hair, and prevent it from falling off. No gentleman or lady’s toilet should be without it
Description: Advertisement containing a full-length portrait of a Native American standing in a clearing in the woods. He holds a bow in one hand and points to the sky with the other. A bundle of arrows is partially visible from above his shoulder and he wears a feathered headband. An ornamental border surrounds the image., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00027, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 9, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Advertisements
Creator: Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist
Date: [ca. 1848]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Advertisements

Title: Dundas Dick & Co.'s compliments. 1776-1876
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a business card for Dundas Dick & Co. inset into autumn leaves. Commemorates the Centennial year in 1876., Contains calendars for 1876 and 1877 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dundas [1975.F.271]

Title: Use Dalley's magical pain extractor. The great family ointment
Description: Series of whimsical illustrated trade cards depicting a male figure attired in a red, white, and blue scarf standing on a tree branch, reading a book as an ink stand with a feather falls from the tree and another male figure wearing a hat and ruffled collar standing on a reed, holding a hoop through which a frog leaps. Imagery also includes birds, frogs, a scythe, and an hourglass. Henry Dalley, Sr. began manufacturing "Dalley's magical pain extractor" in New York in 1839. Cornelius V. Clickener & Co. assumed control of the product name after Dalley's death in 1852. Henry Dalley, Jr. eventually regained control of his father's product in 1865, about five years after the dissolution of C.V. Clickener & Co., Includes advertising text promoting "the ten reasons" to use Dalley's magical pain extractor printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dalley's [1975.F.288-289]

Title: Hoofland's German bitters, a pure tonic
Description: Advertisement for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene. Depicts a bearded monk, outside, on his knees, using a bellows to stoke a fire beneath a hanging cauldron in a hearth. A large volume of text lays open, near greenery, in front of him. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.71a]

Title: Hoofland's German bitters, a pure tonic
Description: Advertisement for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene. Depicts a bearded monk, outside, on his knees, using a bellows to stoke a fire beneath a hanging cauldron in a hearth. A large volume of text lays open, near greenery, in front of him. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.71a]

Title: [Carter Medicine Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a large frog towering over a small, frightened child and a little girl pointing and instructing her ailing grandfather to take Carter's back ache plasters., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos for products made and sold by Carter Medicine Co., including "Carter's little nerve pills" and "smart weed and belladonna back ache pilasters"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Carter [1975.F.131; 1975.F.134]

Title: Dr. Browning's C. & C. cordial. For coughs and colds
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a doctor checking the pulse of a sick man seated in an armchair and attired in a dressing gown and cap. A large bottle of medicine sits on a table next to the doctor., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Dr. Browning's C. & C. cordial for colds, asthmatic coughs, bronchitis croup, and for the relief of consumptives. Also promotes Dr. Browning's tonic and alternative, which "purifies the blood, enriches the blood, [and] improves the appetite." Also informs patrons of Browning's impending move from 1117 Arch Street to 1321 Arch Street after January 1st, 1881., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Browning's [1975.F.75]

Title: Williams anti-dyspeptic elixir. Prepared by Dr. James Williams, no. 4 South Seventh Street, 3 doors below Market St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a vignette view captioned "Sine Labore Nihil" and ornate side border details. View shows a druggist working in his laboratory surrounded by equipment, including distilleries, a mortar and pestle, and mason jars. Border details depict floral and bird imagery, including a nest. Williams first produced the elixir in the late 1830s, then discontinued production until the late 1840s, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Poor condition from transference., See Philadelphia Inquirer, November 7, 1849 for a testimonial advertisement for the elixir.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 10 [(10)2526.F.69]

Title: Henry C. Blair's Sons, apothecaries, [8th and Walnut Sts.], Philadelphia
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., 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.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Blair [P.9925]

Title: Schlichter & Zug, Proprietors. 929 Market Street, Philadelphia If you wish for perfect health use the National Bitters
Description: Advertisement showing a bust-length portrait of a beautiful young woman looking over her bare shoulder and holding an open book beside her face displaying the text "If you wish for perfect health use the National Bitters." She wers her hair in pincurls and tied back with a pearl hair clip. She also wears a pearl necklace and a pearl earring., Copyrighted by Schlichter & Zug., Manuscript note on recto: No. 611., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 204
Date: c1867
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [8092.F]

Title: Mishlers Garden Gold and sodium will cure all kinds of female complaints. To purify the blood it is warranted. Dr. Benjamin Mishler, Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa
Description: Advertisement showing the medicinal garden of patent medicine dealer Benjamin Mishler. A family and couple stand near the arched entrance of "Mishlers Garden" between two red stone buildings, possibly offices. Past the arch, women enter an enclosed promenade running through the center of the garden of trees, roots and plants. A yellow fence surrounds most of the property, except a section that is bordered by Lion Brewery, possibly another user of the garden. Also contains two promotions signed by S. H. Warwick, 324 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia offering $500 to any "graduated physician" who has a better cure than Mishler's Preparation of Gold and Sodium to "purify the blood" or treat "Syphilis, Scrofula, and Leprosy.", Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 39 M 678
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 39 M 678

Title: [Tarrant & Co.'s Seltzer Aperient trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled "Oh this headache! How foolish I was to travel without Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient," "That dose of Tarrant's Seltzer made it all right for me," "It certainly cools my blood and clears my brain," and "The people's remedy, use it for all disorders of the stomach". Illustrations depict a woman in her nightgown standing next to a bed with a towel wrapped around her head; a man with a round stomach holding his fork and knife up in anticipation of the large meal on the table in front of him; and a man smiling and reading a document at a desk next to a waste bin full of crumpled papers., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Wemple & Company (New York)., One print [P.2002.67.5] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting Tarrant's effervescent seltzer aperient as the "best remedy known for all bilious complaints, sick headache, costiveness, indigestion, heartburn, &c.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Tarrant [1975.F.873; 1975.F.876 & 877; P.2002.67.5]

Title: Bought of Breinig, Fronefield & Co. Druggists & chemists, no. 187 North 3rd Street. Wholesale dealers and importers of drugs, medicines, paints, dye stuffs, glass, perfumery &c.&c
Description: Billhead for the drug firm established in 1848 by Dr. Charles Fronefield and Dr. Breinig. Contains vignette showing druggists' apparatus and supplies, including beakers, flasks, a scale, distiller, mortar and pestle, barrels, casks, and crates of oil of vitriol and glass., Completed in manuscript to Mr. J. F. Rambo on August 13, 1853 for two items, including salt petre for $1.26., Manuscript note on recto: Received Payt Breinig, Fronefield & Co., Manuscript note on verso: Aug 13, J. F. Rambo 1853 with Breinig, F. & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads - 1879 (A-D) - B [P.2011.46.278]

Title: Sine's tar, wild cherry, and hoarhound. Turkish ladies' noontime amusement, while gathering herbs for Sine's syrup of tar, wild cherry and hoarhound
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting Turkish women, a child and a monkey gathered outside playing with dolls on a string., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Sine's syrup of tar, wild cherry and hoarhound for the cure of coughs, colds, whooping cough, croup, asthma, bronchitis, tickling of the throat and all bronchial affections., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Sine's [1975.F.792]

Title: The American Health Cushion Co
Description: Trade card for The American Health Cushion Co. at 17 South Thirteenth Street, illustrated by colored leaves and acorns., Advertising text and prices printed on verso for products sold by The American Health Cushion Co. including, "The Health Cushion," "The Medicated Chest Protector," and "The Kidney Cushion"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - American [1975.F.4]

Title: Potts, Linn & Harris Importers, manufacturers & dealers in drugs, medicines, chemical tests, surgical and obstetrical instruments, patent medicines, medicine chests, medical [saddlebags], paints, oils, window glass, dye stuffs, acids, varnishes, teeth and paint brushes, spices [perfumery]
Description: Partial advertisement for the wholesale druggists showing the upper half of the storefront at 213 1/2 Market Street covered in signage. Signage reads "Potts, Linn, & Harris Whoslesale Druggists," "Drugs," and Potts & Linn. Medicines, Chemicals, Chemical Tests, Medicine Chests, Surgical Instruments." Includes, boxes, bottles, and barrels visible in the upper-floor windows. Potts, Linn & Harris, comprised of partners Robert B. Potts, Claudius B. Linn, and John Harris, M.D. operated from 213 1/2 Market Street 1843-circa 1847., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 619, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 P 857, Lower half missing., See advertisement in O'Briens Business Directory for 1844, p. 28-29.
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 38 P 857

Title: Reddish, Nicholas, -1796
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: November 22, 1731

Title: Buckingham's dye for the whiskers
Description: Illustrated metamorphic trade card depicting a before and after bust portrait of a man with a long beard. With the foldout closed, the man frowns through a white beard. With the foldout open, the man smiles through his dyed brown beard., Contains advertising text for R.P. Hall & Co.'s "Buckingham's Dye" and "Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Buckingham's [1975.F.56]

Title: [Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for patent medicines and an almanac created by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illustrations depict sirens with an "Ayer's hair vigor" shipping crate, hair brushes, and product bottles near a wrecked ship and stranded sailors; a girl holding flowers under a cherry tree in the countryside; Penn's Treaty with the Indians in 1682 with two men kneeling and presenting an "Ayer's cherry pectoral" scroll to the Native Americans; and two men and an apprentice with a printing press in a scene labeled "The invention of printing". J.C. Ayer & Co. operated in Lowell, Massachusetts from about 1850 to 1930., Title supplied by cataloger., Three prints [1975.F.2; 1975.F.9; 1975.F.11a] contain advertising text on versos for products prepared by J.C. Ayer & Co. including "Ayer's hair vigor" and "Ayer's cherry pectoral"., Printed on verso of print P.9111.11: To Bennie from Aunt Florence George. Eat drink and be merry and now will be happy all of the days of your life., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ayer [1975.F.2; 1975.F.9a; 1975.F.11a; P.9111.11]

Title: Hall's vegetable Sicilian hair renewer. Prevents gray hairs and baldness
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting seven cherubs fixing the long hair of a woman who is seated outside in the grass. The cherubs carry and hold bottles, fans, and a mirror. Includes doves pulling a wagon full of hair renewer through the air and rabbits in the grass., Advertising text promoting Hall's vegetable Sicilian hair remover and Buckingham's dye for the whiskers printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hall [1975.F.443]

Title: Dr. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters and balsamic cordial. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 418 Arch St., Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a decorative border surrounding an exterior view of the patent medicine shop operated by C. M. Jackson. The four-story building, adjacent a walled courtyard, contains an "1855" date marker; lettering on the roof spelling "C.M. Jackson;" and advertising text on the side of the building reading "Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters and Balsamic Cordial." Pedestrians walk and converse on the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage passes in the street. Arch shaped border contains filigree, architectural elements, bust sculptures, and advertising text. Text reads "German Bitters For The Cure Of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia & c." and "Balsamic Cordial For The Cure Of Coughs Colds & c." Jackson began marketing the bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), in the United States about 1848. Jackson operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Jany 1859, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 188, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [January 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W99 [P.2144]

Title: Keuchen Cura. An old Dutch remedy for coughs and colds
Description: Trade card promoting Caldwell Sweet & Bros.' patent medicine Keuchen Cura and depicting a farm scene of two African American men plowing a field. One man is seated atop a two-wheeled plow pulled by two mules. He holds the reins as the mule to the right kicks its hind legs into the air. Another African American man is in front of the mules trying to lead them. He pulls on the reins of the mule on the left, which has lowered its rear to the ground refusing to move forward. He is attired in a white shirt and blue pants. The man on the plow is attired in a brimmed hat, blue shirt with brown vest, and blue pants with black stripes. Men are depicted with exaggerated features. In the distant background, in the right, is another mule-drawn plow and a house. Brothers Caldwell and Abel S. Sweet formed Caldwell Sweet & Bros. in Bangor, Maine in 1877. The druggists of proprietary medicines continued the business into the 1920s., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from the history of the advertised business and visual content., Series number on recto: 468., Advertising text printed on verso: Keuchen Cura. An old Dutch remedy for coughs and colds. Is the most remarkable remedy of the day. Nothing like it has ever before been put upon the market. Singers and Public Speakers will find it especially valuable to them in allaying and preventing irritation of the throat. Caldwell Sweet & Bros., proprietors, Bangor, Maine. Sold by all traders., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Keuchen [P.2017.95.22]

Title: Dis yer misery makes dis chile done gone mournin orful! orful! No. 18 cured this gempleman thanks to massa Hartshorn
Description: Racist, fold-out circular advertisement for Dr. Hartshorn's No. 18 Liniment depicting a before and after caricature of an older African American man in two separate panels. In the first panel, shows the balding man with white hair, hunched over, standing in profile, and using a cane. He is attired in a blue tailcoat, a white shirt with upturned collar, a red necktie, a yellow vest, red and white plaid pants, and red and black shoes. In the background, a log cabin and wooden fence is visible. In the second panel, shows the man facing the viewer, standing upright without the cane, and holding a red package labelled "No. 18." He kicks his left leg up and reveals the bottom of his shoe, which is also labelled "No. 18." The man is depicted with exaggerated features. Dr. Edward Hartshorn was a Massachusetts physician who began selling medicines in the 1850s in the town of Berlin, and later Boston. Hartshorn passed the business on to his sons Edward Howe and William Henry before his death in 1887., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Advertising text printed in circular fashion around company logo on inside: Wonderful! Wonderful Liniment!!! What has been the most popular [?] Family Liniment for 30 Years? Dr. Hartshorn. 2,000,000 Bottles have been [?] one is always warrented, yet not one was ever returned, or the [?] The Rapid Healer of Injuries. What Heals Bruises, Cuts, Stings, Bites, Poisons, Chilblains, Sore Skin, Croup, Ague, Numbness &c. immediately? Dr. Hartshorn's No. 18. The Instantaneous [?] Sudden Illness. What has relieved the worst case [?] Diptheria, Colic, Chills, Colds, Headaches, and numberless [?] Hartshorn's No. 18. It is a general panacea for man, [?] wonderful relief externally or internally for Horse and Cattle. E. Hartshorn, Boston, Mass. The Balm for Every Pain. What is the quickest relief for Rheumatic, Neuralgia or Nervous Pain of the Face, Teeth, Ears, Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &c.? Dr. Hartshorn's No. 18. Company logo illustrated on verso. Logo composed of a geometrically-shaped ornament marked "N 8." Logo surrounded by captions reading "Sold Every Warranted. Large Sizes Cheapest. Three Sizes [?] Cts. And $1.00. Ask Any One About It.", Gift of David Doret., The front and back of the card are separated.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Hartshorn [P.2017.95.115]

Title: Ask for Liebig Company's extract of meat
Description: Trade card promoting the Liebig Company and showing three Japanese boys, depicted in racist caricature, bowing to an oversized container with a label inscribed: "Extractum carnis Liebig manufactured by the Liebig's Extract of Meat Company limited, London..." Shows the boys, attired in yellow pants; colorful tunics of blue, red, or green; and green and red cloth slip-on shoes, kneeling and bowing. The figure in the middle and in the right wear chonmage haircuts with a braid. In the left, a Japanese-style building and archway are visible. Von Liebig, a German-born chemist, who developed a manufacturing process for meat extract in 1840, established the Liebig Extract of Meat Company in 1865. The extract was marketed as an alternative to meat., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of advertising business., Advertising text printed on verso: Ask for Liebig Company’s extract of meat. Being the finest meat-flavouring ingredient. None genuine without the fac-simile of Baron Liebig, the inventor’s signature in blue color across the label. Avoid all imitation extracts. Directions. Beef-tea. Efficient tonic in all cases of weakness and digestive disorder. Dissolve a quarter of a tea-spoonful of Liebig Company’s extract in a breakfast cup of boiling hot water, and plenty of salt, this will make a strong and clear beef-tea. You may add according to taste a tea-spoonful of Madeira, Sherry or Port wine or the yolk of a fresh egg, or a trifle of fresh butter or some bread or a boiled potato. A slight addition of Worcestershire sauce is liked by many. This beef-tea acts as a pleasant tonic especially when taken in the morning, and may well be taken several times a day. Soups. A variety of excellent meat and vegetable soups may be made with the aid of the Liebig Company’s extract and any soup will acquire at once strength and fine flavor by a slight addition of extract. Vegetable soup. Potato, pea, rice soup, etc. Boil the vegetables, etc. sufficiently with a little fat, a few bones or some slices of meat, or some fresh butter, add extract and salt according to taste. Sauces. Both strength and flavor imparted by the extract. Night-cap. This beef-tea soothes and settles the stomach, allays brain excitement and induces sleep. “The most admirable and successful Night-Cap.” Dr. Harry Lobb., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Liebig [1975.F.296]

Title: Scrapbook of Trade Cards, Holiday Cards, etc.
Description: Scrapbook possibly compiled by Fanny Keene containing trade cards, sentiment cards, holiday cards, rewards of merit, die cut and embossed scraps, and a temperance pledge card primarily issued in New England. Majority of the contents are chromolithographs and some contain trompe l'oeil, embossed, die cut and overlay designs.

Title: [Van Stan's Stratena and Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for products produced by Van Stans Stratena Co. in Philadelphia. One racist card entitled, "Great lecture on Van Stan's Stratena by Julius Augustus Cesar at Ethiopian Hall," after the 1878 Sol Eytinge illustration "Blackville, 1878" depicts an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, lecturing on a stage in front of an audience of well-dressed African American men. The lecturer, attired in a brown jacket, a tan waistcoat, a white shirt with gold cuff links, a white bowtie, blue pants, and black shoes, leans on a wooden table labeled "Van Stan's Stratena." Rolls of paper stick out of his back pocket, and his upturned top hat is visible underneath the table. A decorative object advertising Stratena and a cup sit on the table. He speaks in the vernacular, "one drop of dis yere Stratena on de conscience of a politician will make him stick to his principles. One drop on de marriage certificate will prevent de divorce court from separating you from de wife of your bosom. Do you heah me! Gentlemen I am a talking." Other illustrations include a double-sided metamorphic trade card showing white women and children upset when their objects and toys are broken and happy after using Van Stans Stratena to repair them and, on the other side, two white men and a white woman cringing while taking a dose of cod liver oil, but smiling after taking Van Stan's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. Card shows two white boys' jackets glued together by Stratena after they sat in it. A white boy standing nearby laughs and says, "Ha! ha! ha! No use boys!!! Been sitting in Van Stan's Stratena. Ha! ha! Ha!!", Another series of illustrations entitled, "Marriage a-la-mode. Matter of money," "Marriage a-la-mode. The result," and "The marriage of the future," depicts a white man and woman couple being wed by a white man standing under a sign reading "License marriage fee. $1.00" and a dog standing behind the groom thinking, "I'll be dog-goned if this is anything more than a matter of cur-ency and my privileges are sure to be cur-tailed. Give him a bone." A subsequent scene shows the husband running away from his wife, two children and chaotic household. His wife runs after him with a frying pan as the toddler in the background cries, "Father dear father come home," and the baby, lying on the floor, cries "No one to love me." The final scene shows a wedding ceremony in the "Tabernacle hearts cemented" with the officiator standing before the bride and groom announcing, "with this Stratena I thee wed." The groom replies, "One consolation, if I ever break her heart, I can mend it with Van Stans Stratena." The bride counters, "I'll stick to him through thick and thin.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Chas. Shields' Sons (New York) and E. Ketterlinus & Co. (Philadelphia)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Van Stan's Emulsion of Pure Norwegian Cod-Liver Oil and Van Stan's Stratena cement to repair glass, china, marble, iron, bone, jewelry, jet, coral, leather, wood, earthenware, porcelain, ornaments, lamp shades, metals, Meerschaum pipes, billiard cues, and leather belting., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Van Stan's [1975.F.888-890 & 1975.F.892-894]

Title: [Dr. Jayne's medications trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled "The morning prayer," "The talking well," "Le dernière mode," "O Nannie, wilt thou gang wi' me?" and "Little Red-riding-hood" depicting a mother praying with her two children and a pet cat; a woman leaning against a well as her lover spies on her from behind a stone wall; a girl playfully wearing a basket on her head; a woman seated with a dog at her feet as a man stands over her and proposes; and a young girl, Little Red Riding Hood, bundled in a red cape with a basket at her feet., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Dr. Jayne's "carminative basalm" and "tonic vermifuge" for conditions afflicting the bowels; "sanative pills" for bilious disorders and for worms in children; and "expectorant" and "liniment" for colds and lung issues., Trade cards issued by Lancaster Thomas, Nineteenth and Pine Streets, Philadelphia; Mackeown, Bower, Ellis & Co., Tenth and Market Streets, Philadelphia; Alfred B. Taylor, 31 S. Eleventh Street, Philadelphia; and Wm. McIntyre, 2229 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jayne's [1975.F.487; 1975.F.628; 1975.F.878; 1975.F.884; P.2002.67.15]

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