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Trade cards for Nichols' Bark and Iron, manufactured by Billings Clapp and Company, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

GUSN

GUSN-195546

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Description

Black and white trade card depicting a young boy playing a bugle to a small toy dog. The dog stands on a box of Nichols' Bark and Iron tonic. Nichols Bark and Iron was advertised as an iron tonic capable of curing numerous ailments.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boys
toys (headdresses)
advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
trade cards (advertising)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000657
AccessID 892
Other identifier HNEDID-000657

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.01.012

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Trautman, Bailey & Blampey (Printer)
Billings, Clapp & Company (Boston, Mass.) (Manufacturer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

Billings, Clapp & Company (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Tonics (Medical preparations)
Patent medicines
Dogs
Drugs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

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