Trade card for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-259043

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Medicines
Sarsaparilla
Medicines - Sarsaparilla - Folder 2
Trade card for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Medicines
    - Sarsaparilla
      - Medicines - Sarsaparilla - Folder 2
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        Trade card for Hood's Sarsaparilla, C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., 1886
        Trade card for Hood's Sarsaparilla, C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Hood's Sarsaparilla, C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., 1884
        Trade card for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass., undated (current record)
        Trade card for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass., undated

Description

The image caption reads "The Discovery of America." The product is sold by Henry Merrill & Son, druggists, Haverhill, New Hampshire.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 2 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.02.02.008

Image Dimensions

2 3/4 x 5 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Haverhill (Grafton county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

Ayer, J. C. (James Cook), 1819-1878 (Manufacturer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Sarsaparilla
Drugs

Description Level

Item

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