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Collection Summary

Scope and Content Note

Organized/Arranged

Selected Search Terms

Container List

Angels

Bible illustration, etc.

Bicycles & tricycles

Caricatures & cartoons

Children

Civil War soldiers

Cows & horses

Crests, seals, symbols

Disease (woman shown before & after treatment)

Eagles

Egyptian motif

Europe/East India

Fairies

Far East (Japan/China)

Father Knickerbocker

Flag (U.S.)

Florida water

Flowers, fruit, trees

Hairdressing products

Harpist

Heart & lungs

Indians

Knight wearing armor

Laboratory for making magnetic remedies

Medical instrument (inhaling tube)

Medical instrument (magnetic cap)

Mothers & children

Mythology (mermaids, unicorns, gods)

Niagara Fall, N.Y.

Congress Spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Nursing to the sick (people taking elixirs)

Phoenix

Portraits: doctors, inventors

Print labels (no illustrations)

Rhode Island

Saint George and the dragon

Scenes (genre views)

South America

Stores, factories, warehouses

Transporation

Women (sentimental)

Zouaves

Miscellany

Patent medicine labels and advertisements (Library of Congress)

Prepared by Prints & Photographs Division staff

2002

Collection Summary

Title Patent medicine labels and advertisements
Dates ca. 1830-1895
Abstract: These patent medicine labels and advertisements depict various subjects while advertising nineteenth century medicines.
Extent: ca. 420 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 33 x 43 cm. or smaller.
Language: Collection material in English
Identification: LOT 10632
Location:

Scope and Content Note

Examples of topics depicted include American Indians, animals, children, flowers, medicinal plants, mythological characters, people taking or administering medications, sick and cured people, symbols, and women. Also includes genre prints, portraits of product promoters or developers.

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Subjects

  • Animals--1830-1900.
  • Children--1830-1900.
  • Flowers--1830-1900.
  • Hair preparations--1830-1900.
  • Healing--1830-1900.
  • Indians of North America--1830-1900.
  • Patent medicines--1830-1900.
  • Plants--1830-1900.
  • Quacks--1830-1900.
  • Sick persons--1830-1900.
  • Supernatural beings--1830-1900.
  • Symbols--1830-1900.
  • Women--1830-1900.

Form/Genre

  • Advertisements--1830-1900.
  • Engravings--1830-1900.
  • Etchings--1830-1900.
  • Genre prints--1830-1900.
  • Labels--1830-1900.
  • Lithographs--1830-1900.
  • Portrait prints--1830-1900.

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Organized/Arranged

Sorted into forty-two subject categories.

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Container List

LOT 10632-1Angels 6 items

LOT 10632-2Bible illustration, etc. 4 items

LOT 10632-3Bicycles & tricycles 1 item

LOT 10632-4Caricatures & cartoons 10 items

LOT 10632-5Children 8 items

LOT 10632-6Civil War soldiers 1 item

LOT 10632-7Cows & horses 19 items

LOT 10632-8Crests, seals, symbols 6 items

LOT 10632-9Disease (woman shown before & after treatment) 1 item

LOT 10632-10Eagles 6 items

LOT 10632-11Egyptian motif 1 item

LOT 10632-12Europe/East India 4 items

LOT 10632-13Fairies 1 item

LOT 10632-14Far East (Japan/China) 3 items

LOT 10632-15Father Knickerbocker 1 item

LOT 10632-16Flag (U.S.) 2 items

LOT 10632-17Florida water 4 items

LOT 10632-18Flowers, fruit, trees 13 items

LOT 10632-19Hairdressing products 14 items

LOT 10632-20Harpist 1 item

LOT 10632-21Heart & lungs 1 item

LOT 10632-22Indians 18 items

LOT 10632-23Knight wearing armor 1 item

LOT 10632-24Laboratory for making magnetic remedies 1 item

LOT 10632-25Medical instrument (inhaling tube) 1 item

LOT 10632-26Medical instrument (magnetic cap) 1 item

LOT 10632-27Mothers & children 5 items

LOT 10632-28Mythology (mermaids, unicorns, gods) 8 items

LOT 10632-29aNiagara Fall, N.Y. 1 item

LOT 10632-29bCongress Spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 1 item

LOT 10632-30Nursing to the sick (people taking elixirs) (3 folders) 21 items

LOT 10632-31Phoenix 3 items

LOT 10632-32Portraits: doctors, inventors (5 folders) 44 items

LOT 10632-33Print labels (no illustrations) ca. 170 items

LOT 10632-34Rhode Island 4 items

LOT 10632-35Saint George and the dragon 2 items

LOT 10632-36Scenes (genre views) 7 items

LOT 10632-37South America 1 item

LOT 10632-38Stores, factories, warehouses 9 items

LOT 10632-39Transporation 1 item

LOT 10632-40Women (sentimental) 12 items

LOT 10632-41Zouaves 3 items

LOT 10632-42Miscellany 6 items

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