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Trade cards for bitters tonic, Brown's Iron Bitters Company, St. Louis, Missouri, undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

GUSN

GUSN-195540

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Description

Trade card for Brown's Iron Bitters, a tonic for indigestion, dyspepsia and other ailments. The card features a woman pouring a cordial-glass full of the tonic for a man. Both are standing over a shield with the copy written on it.

Details

Descriptive Terms

medicine
Victorian
cordial glasses
illness
trade cards (advertising)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000651
AccessID 886
Other identifier HNEDID-000651

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.01.007

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of the Jackson Homestead.

Places

Saint Louis (St. Louis Indep. City, Missouri)

Record Details

Originator

Brown's Bitters Company (St. Louis, Mo.)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

Brown's Bitters Company (St. Louis, Mo.)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Drugs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

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