Historic New England

Trade card for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The text reads "Standard remedy for all diseases of the throat & lungs." A bull attacks a painting while the artist is distracted by the subject in the image.

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258765

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.010

Trade card for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The text reads "Standard remedy for all diseases of the throat & lungs." A young boy teases an elderly man in the image.

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258768

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.011

Trade card for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The text reads "Standard remedy for all diseases of the throat & lungs." A man playing a musical instrument outside a house is attacked by a dog in the image.

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258770

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.012

Trade cards for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The text reads "Standard remedy for all diseases of the throat & lungs." A man holding a scythe and a woman with a red shawl converse over a basket of produce.

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258771

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.013

Trade card for "Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye", Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

This trade card contains harmful imagery regarding sexual harassment. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258773

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.014

Trade card for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The text reads "Standard remedy for all diseases of the throat & lungs." A romantic couple is unaware of a large figure holding a club in the image.

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258774

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.015

Trade card for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The text reads "Standard remedy for all diseases of the throat & lungs." Farm yard animals react to a young man singing to his girl friend in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258775

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.016

Trade card for Straits, Bank & Shore Oils, pure cod liver oil, A.W. Dodd & Co., Gloucester, Mass., undated

The Oils are for medicinal purposes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258776

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.017

Trade card for the Leicestershire Mustard Mills, James Crosher, 38 Vesey Street, New York, New York, undated

The card verso reads "Constantly in stock, job lots of patent medicines, cheap for cash only."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258777

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.018

Trade card for Fisk & Arnold, manufacturers of artificial limbs, No. 8 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is the only manufacturer of the Jewett Leg in New England.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258778

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.019

Trade card for Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, location unknown, undated

"Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid cures all diseases of the stomach, liver & blood." The card verso describes the conditions Liveraid will cure. The bottom of the verso reads "The Bellanodyne Plaster relieves pain like a touch of magic."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258807

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.020

Trade card for the Moxie beverage, Moxie Nerve Food Co., 68 Beverly Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Facts about Moxie are listed on the card verso. The year "c. 1895" is handwritten on the verso.

Date: ca. 1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258808

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.021

Story of Esquire Brown and his mule, A.C. Meyer & Co., Baltimore, Maryland, undated

Illustrations and testimonials promote the use of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258809

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.022

Trade card for Maltine, Reed & Carnrick, manufacturing pharmacists, 196-8 Fulton Street, New York, New York, 1880

Maltine preparations are listed and described inside the card. The card verso has an 1880 calendar.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258810

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.023

Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The product is for treating mental and physical exhaustion and dyspepsia. The text on the verso reads "Prepared according to the directions of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258811

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.024

Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The product is for treating mental and physical exhaustion and dyspepsia. The text on the verso reads "Prepared according to the directions of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258812

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.025

Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The product is for treating mental and physical exhaustion and dyspepsia. The text on the verso reads "Prepared according to the directions of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass." The product is sold by Thomas B. Nichols, apothecary, 159 1-2 Essex Street, Museum Building, Salem, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258813

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.026

Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The product is for treating mental and physical exhaustion and dyspepsia. The text on the verso reads "Prepared according to the directions of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass." The card verso reads "Horsford's Bread Preparation, Rumford Yeast Powder and Horsford's Baking Powder are made of Pr...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258814

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.027

Trade card for Thermaline, location unknown, undated

The card verso reads "A carefully prepared combination of the active principals of Calisaya Bark and a species of the Fever Tree of Australia." Thermaline treats chills, fever, dyspepsia and malarial diseases. The product is prepared in the form of capsulets for swallowing. Each capsulet is equal t...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258818

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.028

Trade card for Dr. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, Dr. J.H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The products are "purely vegetable" according to the card verso. Two young girls treat their dolls in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258822

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.029

Trade card for the German Corn Remover, B.F. Arthur & Co., 84 Front Street, New York, New York, undated

The product was patented August 3, 1880. The card must be held up to the light to read the complete text.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258823

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.030

Trade card for Hood's Vegetable Pills, C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., undated

Hood's Vegetable Pills invigorate the liver, regulate the bowels and cure sick headache. The card must be held up to the light to read the text spelled out in the stars.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258840

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.031

Trade card for Horsford's Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The product is for the treatment of dyspepsia, nervousness, indigestion, headache, wakefulness, urinary difficulties and diminished vitality. The text reads "Manufactured according to the directions of Prof. E.N. Horsford by the Rumford Chemical Works."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258841

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.032

Trade card for Palmer's Skin-Success, The Palmer Co., 122 Nassau Street, New York, New York, undated

The height of the Washington Monument is compared to the height of other world landmarks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258844

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.033

Trade card for St. Jacobs Oil for Sprains, The Charles A. Vogeler Company, Baltimore, Maryland, undated

The product removes pain and stiffness for athletes, cyclists and boating men after training or accidents.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258845

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.034

Trade card for Dr. Hartshorn's Cough Balsam, E. Hartshorn & Sons, proprietors, Boston, Mass., undated

The product treats lung and throat disease. A little girl feeds bread crumbs to ducks in a pond in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258848

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.035

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

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