Historic New England

Prescription envelope for the Thomas Hollis Company, drugstore, 23 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business was established in 1821 and is "the oldest prescription drug store in New England."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258517

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.029

Prescription for Claude Curtis, pharmacist, College Avenue and Broadway, Powder House Square, Somerville, Mass., undated

The prescription has a stamped number at the top.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258519

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.030

Trade card for Charles A. Adams, pharmacist, Newton's Block, West Gardner, Mass., undated

A working mill is framed by a horseshoe in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258521

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.031

Handbill for the Brandon Drug Store, Case & Cheney, Brandon, Vermont, December 1, 1869

C.L. Case announces a new partner, Mr. J.R. Cheney, a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. The verso describes the merchandise carried by the drugstore.

Date: 1869-12-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258522

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.032

Orlando Tompkins, druggist and apothecary, No. 271 Washington Street, corner Winter Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1865

The drugstore merchandise is described on the sheet. The handwritten text on the top right corner reads "before 1873."

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258523

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.033

Trade card for Frank C. Cummings, apothecary, Clark's Block, Natick, Mass., undated

Cummings is located at the sign of the golden mortar. Flowers decorate the trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258525

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.001

Trade card for Frank C. Cummings, apothecary, Clark's Block, Natick, Mass., undated

Cummings is located at the sign of the golden mortar. Holly leaves and berries decorate the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258526

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.002

Trade card for O.G. Kimball, druggist and apothecary, Woodstock, Vermont, undated

A rural winter scene decorates the trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258528

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.003

Trade card for J.R. Hall, Hall's Drug Store, Newport, Vermont, undated

The teacup and saucer represent the special merchandise carried by Hall's Drug Store.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258529

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.004

Trade card for Frank C. Cummings, apothecary, Clark's Block, Natick, Mass., 1878

A robin sits on a snowy fence in the trade card image.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258530

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.005

Advertisement for Joseph Burnett, apothecary, 33 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

Burnett carries soaps, pressing cases, syrups and extracts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258531

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.006

Billhead for the Howard Drug Company, wholesale and retail, White River Junction, Vermont, dated September 27, 1921

The Howard Drug Company is an agent for The Moxie Company.

Date: 1921-09-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258532

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.007

Billhead for C.H. Talcott & Company, wholesale druggists, Hartford, Connecticut, dated February 18, 1904

The Company also carries paints, oils, varnishes and glass.

Date: 1904-02-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258533

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.008

Business card for F.M. Killam, nurse, registered, 52 Rutland Square, 8 The Fenway, Boston, Mass., undated

A telephone number is given at the top of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258534

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.04.01.001

Business card for Mary Frances Cleary, graduate nurse, Brookline, Mass., undated

Mary Frances Cleary is located in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258535

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.04.01.002

Business card for Mr. H.L. Leavey, graduate nurse, 95 St. Botolph Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The lower left corner of the card reads "Graduate Boston City Hospital. Registered 8 The Fenway."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258536

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.04.01.003

Business card for A.L. Pilgrim, trained nurse, 40 Upton Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Pilgrim is a graduate of Boston City Hospital.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258538

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.04.01.004

Greeting card for Oscar Schreck, M.D.V., veterinary surgeon, West Haven, Connecticut, dated December 25, 1925

A greeting card prescription for the person to have a year of good health, prosperity, friendships, hard work and happiness.

Date: 1925-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258539

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.05.01.001

Hood's pocket calendar, C.I. Hood & Co., apothecaries, Lowell, Mass., 1881

Hood's Sarsaparilla, Vegetable Pills, Olive Ointment and Tooth Powder are described. The item has an 1881 calendar. Arthur Hudson, pharmacist, Warner's Block in Newton, Massachusetts carries Hood products.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258544

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.013

Almanac for Joseph Burnett & Co., Boston, Mass., 1879

The almanac advertises Burnett products such as Cocoaine for the Hair, Vanilla Extract, Remedy for Asthma and Cologne Water. The almanac is incomplete.

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258545

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.014

Treatise on fevers in general, but more particularly of chills and fever, ague, and all malarial diseases, giving simple directions for their treatment, with Thermaline, Dundas Dick & Co., New York, 1878

The item is the 7th edition. The back cover reads "On the cover of this book are calendars for the three years, 1879, 1880 and 1881. Dundas Dick & Co's Tasteless Medicines sold by A.J. Ditman, Astor House Pharmacy, Broadway, corner Barclay Street, New York."

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258546

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.015

Story of a gold headed cane, Otis Clapp & Son, Inc., 439 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The brochure describes the Clapp Family history. Otis Clapp began selling medicines in 1840. He published, with his uncle Nathan Hale, the "Boston Daily Advertiser," the "Boston Directory" and such titles as the "American Library of Useful Knowledge."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258547

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.016

Receipt for Thomson's Patent, Samuel Thomson, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1839

The receipt is for the right to prepare and use the Medicine and System of Practice for Thomson's Patent. The subscriber is now a member of the Friendly Botanic Society.

Date: 1839-08-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258548

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.017

War! war!! war!!! between physicians and the matchless sanative, location unknown, 1837

The year "1837" is handwritten on the advertisement.

Date: 1837

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258549

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.018

Trade card for Parker's Tonic, the great health and strength restorer, location unknown, undated

The tonic "cures coughs, consumption, asthma by rejuvenating the blood." The description on the card verso is unreadable.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258550

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.019

Trade card for Hunt's Remedy, the great kidney & liver medicine, William E. Clarke, proprietor, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The advantages of Hunt's Remedy are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258551

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.020

Trade card for Dundas Dick & Company, Tasteless Medicines, New York, New York, 1876-1877

The card verso has a calendar for July 1876-June 1877.

Date: 1876-1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258552

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.021

Trade cards for George P. Farrington, druggist, 310 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., 1878

In 1856 the pharmacist George P. Farrington purchased the Old Witch House in Salem, Massachusetts. The card promotes Dr. Norman's Foot Salve for curing corns, sore joints, bunions and chilblains. Farrington owns the formula and manufactures the product.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258554

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.022

Trade card for C.I. Hood Family Medicines, C.I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass., 1903

The card verso describes various medicines manufactured by the Hood Company.

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258555

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.023

You need this! Anheuser-Busch's Malt-Nutrine, Detroit, Calvert Lith. Co., 1896

The advantages of Malt-Nutrine for infants, children, students and adults is described in verse.

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258557

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.024

Trade card for Hoffman's Harmless Headache Powders, Hoffman Drug Co., New Rochelle, New York, undated

The card reads "Hoffman's Harmless Headache Powders are the certain remedy for all headaches, nervousness, brain fatigue and sleeplessness resulting from over brain work and are harmless."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.025

Advertisment for Turner's Tic Douloureux or Universal Neuralgia Pill, Turner & Co., proprietors, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1867

The advertisement lists references and retail dealers for the product. The page is from the "Atlantic Monthly," 1867.

Date: 1867

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.026

Advertisements for Dr. Babcock's Hair Dressing, American Dermatological Institute, 28 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., December 1867

Dr. Babcock has products for treating baldness, premature grayness, hair loss and diseases of the hair and scalp. The pages are from the "Atlantic Monthly Advertiser," December 1867. The business is located in the Arcade Building.

Date: 1867-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258568

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.027

Billhead for the Howard Drug Company, wholesale and retail, White River Junction, Vermont, dated August 26, 1921

The Howard Drug Company is an agent for The Moxie Company.

Date: 1921-08-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.02.009

Trade card for Dr. J.Q. Dickerman & Son, No. 64 City Square, Taunton, Mass., 1879

Dickerman's service prices are listed. He also practices in Mansfield on certain days of the week.

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.020

Trade card for Dr. E.J. Thompson, dentist, 91 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Thompson is located in the Brownell Building in Providence, Rhode Island.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.02.003

Trade card for James Taylor, Jr., M.D., 49 Pearl Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

Dr. Taylor practices in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258589

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.02.012

Trade card for Dr. Gerard L. Lemay, optometrist, 1221 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

Dr. Lemay practices with Lemay Brothers in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258591

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.02.013

Advertisement for Dr. J.W. Poland's White Pine Compound, New England Botanic Depot, Boston, Mass., October 1867

The White Pine Compound cures sore throats, colds, coughs, diphtheria and bronchitis. Perry's Moth and Freckle Lotion is available from B.C. Perry, dermatologist, No. 49 Bond Street, New York. The page is from the "Atlantic Monthly Advertiser," October 1867.

Date: 1867-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258596

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.028

Advertisement for Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient, location unknown, September 1867

Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient is sold by all druggists. Perry's Moth and Freckle Lotion is available from B.C. Perry, dermatologist, No. 49 Bond Street, New York. The page is from the "Atlantic Monthly Advertiser," September 1867.

Date: 1867-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258597

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.029

Perry's Moth and Freckle Lotion, B.C. Perry, dermatologist, No. 49 Bond Street, New York, New York, November 1867

Dr. Perry treats hair loss, premature grayness and diseases of the skin. The page is from the "Atlantic Monthly Advertiser," November 1867.

Date: 1867-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258621

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.030

Circular for Renne's Pain-Killing Magic Oil, Wm. Renne & Sons, Pittsfield, Mass., undated

The circular lists prices and dealers around the country who carry the product. The item was patented May 7, 1872.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258622

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.031

Receipt for Thomson's Patent, Samuel Thomson, Boston, Mass., dated August 30, 1839

Thomson's Patent cannot be sold to physicians or their students

Date: 1839-08-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258623

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.032

Circular for The Ayer Line of Family Medicines, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., undated

Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Cherry Pectoral, Pills and Ague Cure are described along with testimonials and health tips.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258624

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.033

Circular for Vegetine, blood purifier, H.R. Stevens, No. 464 Broadway, Boston, Mass., 1881-1882

Testimonials and images of past United States presidents are found throughout the circular.

Date: 1881-1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258625

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.034

Circular for Vegetine, blood purifier, H.R. Stevens, No. 464 Broadway, Boston, Mass., 1872

Testimonials and images of past United States presidents are found throughout the circular.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258626

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.035

Circular for The Family Medicine Herbalia, blood purifier, A.J. Morse & Co., 364 Athens Street, South Boston, Mass., 1880

The benefits of Herbalia are described through testimonials.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258627

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.036

Label for Dr. Chas. Adams' Concentrated Jaundice and Tonic Bitters, Oakham, Mass., undated

The tonic is "recommended in all cases of debility." The item was printed at the Gazette office, Barre, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258629

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.037

Trade card for Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., druggists and dealers in medicines, Lowell, Mass., undated

The trade card fragment has an incomplete description of one of Dr. Ayer's medications.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258640

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.02.001

Trade card for Timothy Parker, rheumatism tonic, No. 10 Alley Street, Lynn, Mass., undated

Parker, who describes himself as a "workingman," claims to have developed a tonic which cures rheumatism while living in Eastport, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258642

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.02.002

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