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Sanford's Ginger

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1886

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 101-110

GUSN

GUSN-199136

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Description

"Sanford's Ginger arrests all summer complaints." The humourous image is of Sanford's Ginger policing a watermelon and a pickle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

medicine
advertisements
humor
health
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 106OVR

Physical Description

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

GC002.02.106

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

9 x 14 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

From the Jewett House, 1986

Record Details

Originator

Giles Lith. (Lithographer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Restrictions

Some fading, tears lower right, hanging frame, loose upper right.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 101-110

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