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Trade card for Hood's Sarsaparilla, C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., undated

Description

The image is labeled "The ABC Class." The Sarsaparilla is described on the verso in terms of its (A)bsolute merit, (B)est blood purifier for the system and (C)ombination of ingredients.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
reading
infants
children (people by age group)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 2 1/4 x 7 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.02.01.006

Image Dimensions

2 1/4 x 7 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Sarsaparilla
Drugs

Description Level

Item

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