Advertisement for R. J. Strasenburgh Co.'s Emul.O.Balm and Guia Balm. The advertisement features the company's name and products. Established in 1886. Published in Rochester, New York, United States; undated.
Subject: Proprietary Medicines
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Belladonna Plaster: Multilingual Directions including YiddishA Belladonna Plaster manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. The plaster includes directions for use in fifteen languages, notably including Yiddish. The item's physical location is Ms. Coll. 1410, OOS, Box 5, Folder 1.
A hand-carried, stampless letter written by Ira Ballou in Manchester, New Hampshire on July 10, 1840, addressed to J. McDaniel in Concord, Nova Scotia. The letter discusses Ballou's agency for E.W. Capron & Co., selling Persian Pills and David's Jew (Hebrew) Plaster, and requests a supply of the plaster.
Envelope and advertising insert for Lippman Brothers of Savannah, Georgia, dated January 26, 1896. The insert advertises "P.P.P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium)", a blood purifier. The envelope features the Lippman Block address in Savannah.
Trade card advertising Nicholl's Blackberry Balsam Cure. The card features a caricature of a Jewish man, contributing to its antisemitic nature. Circa 1885.
Trade card advertising Dr. J. Kramer's German Eye Salve. The card features an image of a girl crossing a bridge with flowers. The text includes the endorsement, "COMPLIMENTS...S. A. HEBREW." The card is from Volume 32, Page 5 of Archive MS. 56. Circa 1885.