Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Medicines
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Medicines - General - Folder 3
Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Medicines
    - General
      - Medicines - General - Folder 3
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        Trade card for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Barrett's Rock Candy & Hermitage Rye, Depot, 45 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
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        Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated (current record)
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        Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        
        Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Hinds' Radical Corn Remover, prepared only by A.S. Hinds, pharmacist, Portland, Maine

Description

The product is for treating mental and physical exhaustion and dyspepsia. The text on the verso reads "Prepared according to the directions of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass." The card verso reads "Horsford's Bread Preparation, Rumford Yeast Powder and Horsford's Baking Powder are made of Prof. Horsford's Acid Phosphate in powdered form. Send for cook book." The product is sold by J.W. Stover, apothecary, corner Trenton & Brooks Streets, East Boston, Massachusetts.

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Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
chemists (scientists)
drugstores
boys
portraits
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.03.027

Image Dimensions

5 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Drugs
Baking
Baking powder
Trenton Street (East Boston, Mass.)
Brooks Street (East Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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