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Trade cards for the Bell-Cap-Sic Plaster, J.M. Grosvenor & Company, 50 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., 1891

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1891

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

GUSN

GUSN-195539

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Description

The card for pain relieving plasters features a litter of puppies and copy stating "No Home Complete Without One."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000650
AccessID 885
Other identifier HNEDID-000650

Physical Description

2 trade cards ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.01.006

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.M. Grosvenor and Company (Manufacturer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Other Organizations

J.M. Grosvenor and Company

Subjects

Patent medicines
Plaster (Pharmacy)
Drugs
Dogs
Pearl Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

To kill pain-get a Bell-Cap-Sic plaster.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

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