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

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-307253

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Description

The product is for treating mental and physical exhaustion and dyspepsia. Text on the verso describes bean and pea meal for soup available from E.C. Hazard & Compay, 192-198 Chambers Street, New York. In the illustration a little girl wears a cap in colors of pink, grey and white.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
food
girls
portraits
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.02.033

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of the Buffalo History Museum, 2013.

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Rumford Chemical Works (Publisher)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Tonics (Medical preparations)
Patent medicines
Drugs

Description Level

Item

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