Historic New England

Trade card for A.F. Thompson & Co., jobbers and wholesale dealers in American and foreign drugs, 63 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Thompson is presented by W.L. Woods and is located opposite the American House hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258397

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.010

Trade card for Boericke & Tafel, homoeopathic pharmaceutists and publishers, 145 Grand Street, between Broadway and Elm Street, New York, New York, undated

The card verso reads "Boericke & Tafel received the only Centennial Prize Medal awarded at Philadelphia for Homeopathic Preparations." The business was established in 1835.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258398

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.011

Trade card for unidentified pharmacy, location unknown, undated

A pharmacist consults with a customer about a prescription in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258399

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.012

Trade card for Francis T. Church, druggist, corner Court and Howard Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The business premises are shown in the card image. The card verso describes Church's Compound Hair Tonic and Sarsaparilla & Iodide Potassa.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258499

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.013

Prescription for Chas. I. Eaton, pharmacist, 1233 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Eaton is the successor to John I. Brown & Sons. There is an envelope with the word "Tonic" handwritten on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258500

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.014

Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Robertson Block, Quincy, Mass., undated

Paint colors and a cat's head decorate the palette shaped card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258501

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.015

Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. undated

The card verso reads "Our stock of patent medicines is the largest in the city." Paint colors and a kitten's head decorate the palette shaped card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258502

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.016

Trade card for Kelley Brothers, pharmacists, location unknown, undated

Red and yellow flowers decorate the trade card for Kelley Brothers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258503

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.017

Trade card for Kelley Brothers, pharmacists, location unknown, undated

Blue flowers decorate the trade card for Kelley Brothers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258504

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.018

Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

A green bird sits on a branch with red leaves.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258505

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.019

Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

A bee hovers behind a bird with a red body and a green head.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258506

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.020

Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

A red bird sits on a holly branch with red berries.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258507

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.021

Trade card for Geo. F. Ropes & Co., apothecaries, 214 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

A blue bird and a butterfly observe each other in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258508

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.022

Trade card for Farrington & Luscom, pharmacists, 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: 258511

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.023

Trade card for Farrington & Luscom, apothecaries, 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: 258512

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.024

Advertisement for Thomas Bartlett, pharmacist, Boston, Mass., August 6, 1800

Bartlett's store of drugs is relocating from No. 61 Cornhill to No. 13 Cornhill in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800-08-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258513

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.025

Trade card for Samuel Kedder & Co., druggists, Charlestown, Mass., undated

There is a prescription on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258514

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.026

Prescription for sprains, location unknown, undated

The ingredients for a sprain prescription are listed.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258515

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.027

Prescription for coughs, J. Skinner, location unknown, dated March 4, 1878

A prescription for coughs is outlined on the item.

Date: 1878-03-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258516

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.028

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

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