Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines and Sarsaparilla (Greg Smart)
GUSN-195543
Trade card advertising patent medicine for nervousness and dyspepsia. The card depicts an older woman hiding behind a younger woman. The copy reads "Why Aunty! what makes you so nervous? It is only a cow. If you would but take CARTER'S LITTLE NERVE PILLS, you could not be thrown into such nervous spasms."
medicine
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)
advertisements
DigitalID 000654
AccessID 889
Other identifier HNEDID-000654
1 trade card
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.076.01.01.010
New York City (New York state)
Gies & Co. (Printer)
Carter Medicine Company (Manufacturer)
trade cards (advertising)
advertisements
Carter Medicine Company
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Patent medicines
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Item
Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines and Sarsaparilla (Greg Smart)
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