Accession Number

010020070

Collection

Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Dental Care -- advertisements

Description

Rectangular advertising card made of beige cardstock; front of card features white border; illustration of a young girl with rosy cheeks, blue eyes, blond curly hair, wearing a white dress; she rests her head on her hands on a pink chair with two yellow flowers on it; name of manufacturer, products, prices with brown ink; back of card has calendar for 1891, illustration of a house, with smoking chimney and surrounded by trees, on a hill by a river with tall plants, information on products, manufacturer's information, prices, pharmacist's information printed with brown ink

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)

Maker

E.W Hoyt & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1891

Date Remarks

Printed on artefact

Material

paper: beige

ink: brown, white, blue, pink, yellow, green

Inscriptions

Printed on front: "PERFUMED WITH // HOYT'S GERMAN // COLOGNE // The // MOST FRAGRANT AND LASTING // OF ALL PERFUMES. // PRICE TRIAL SIZE 25 CTS // MEDIUM SIZE 50 CTS // LARGE BOTTLES $1.00 // USE // RUBIFOAM // FOR THE TEETH. DELICIOUSLY FLAVORED. // PRICE 25 CTS A BOTTLE."; written on back: "HOYT'S // GERMAN COLOGNE // HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR OVER TWENTY // YEARS AS THE MOST FRAGRANT AND LASTING // OF ALL PERFUMES. DO NOT CONFOUND IT WITH THE // NUMEROUS TRASHY PERFUMES THAT USURP ITS NAME, // OR STYLES OF BOTTLE. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. TRIAL SIZE 25 c MEDIUM SIZE 50 c LARGE BOTTLES $1.00. // Put up by E.W. HOYT & CO. LOWELL, MASS. U.S.A. Manufacturers of // RUBIFOAM FOR THE TEETH. // For sale by E.C. Lowe, Under Whitney House, // Westboro, Mass., // DEALER IN // DRUGS AND FANCY GOODS."

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-2-5 Box 20

Dimension Notes

Length 14.1 cm x Width 8.6 cm x Depth 0.1 cm

Condition Remarks

Worn at edges; bent at top left corner

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Internet

JPG

Reference Comments

"Hoyt's German Cologne & Rubifoam" website

CD #9

Research Facts

Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; Rubifoam toothpaste was introduced in 1887 and was named for its red bright colour; this card would have been soaked in E.W. Hoyt's original product, their German cologne; the company first started advertising with sample bottles, but as it grew too expensive they began producing advertising cards soaked in the perfume; the cards were made with an extra-porous type of paper in order to soak up the cologne

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Accession Number

010020071

Collection

Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Dental Care -- advertisements

Description

Rectangular advertising card made of beige cardstock; front of card features white border; illustration of a young girl with rosy cheeks, blue eyes, blond hair, wearing a purple dress with white lace; she holds a bottle of tooth powder in her left hand; she stands against a yellow and brown sunset background, bordered by bouquets of purple, white, blue and pink flowers; name of manufacturer, products, price printed with red, blue and brown ink; back of card has information on product, manufacturer's information, price printed with red ink

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)

Maker

E.W Hoyt & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1890

Date Remarks

Printed on artefact

Material

paper: beige

ink: red, purple, white, green, pink, blue, yellow, brown

Inscriptions

Printed on front: "RUBIFOAM // FOR THE // TEETH 25 CENTS // A BOTTLE. // PUT UP BY // E.W. HOYT & CO. // PROPRIETORS OF // HOYT'S GERMAN COLOGNE. // LOWELL, MASS. U.S.A. // COPYRIGHT 1890"; written on back: "RUBifOAm // FOR THE TEETH. // Deliciously Flavored A Perfect Liquid Dentifrice. // Cleanses, Preserves and Beautifies the Teeth. Heals // and hardens the gums. Leaves a refreshing coolness in // the mouth. Imparts a delightful fragrance to the breath. // Beautifully put up. // Modest in price. Convenient to use. // Large Bottles, 25 Cents. // SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES // Sample vial of Rubifoam mailed free to any address. // PREPARED AND GUARANTEED BY // E. W. HOYT & CO., - - Lowell, Mass., U.S.A., // MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED // HOYT'S GERMAN COLOGNE"

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-2-5 Box 20

Dimension Notes

Length 11.8 cm x Width 8.0 cm x Depth 0.1 cm

Condition Remarks

Worn at corners, dark mark in middle of back

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Internet

JPG

Reference Comments

"Hoyt's German Cologne & Rubifoam" website

CD #9

Research Facts

Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; Rubifoam toothpaste was introduced in 1887 and was named for its red bright colour; this card would have been soaked in E.W. Hoyt's original product, their German cologne; the company first started advertising with sample bottles, but as it grew too expensive they began producing advertising cards soaked in the perfume; the cards were made with an extra-porous type of paper in order to soak up the cologne

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Accession Number

996001681

Collection

Dr. Michael A. Chiong Patent Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Drugs, Non-Prescription, advertisements

Dyspepsia -- drug therapy -- advertisements

MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- advertisements

MM= Drugs -- diegestive disorders -- advertisements

Description

Small paper trade card for Hood's Pills; front: chromolithograph of a young child with her face resting on her hands; framed in gold; back: contains descriptions of what they do, etc.; measured from point-to-point.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.

Maker

C. I. Hood & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1860

circa 1860

Material

paper: pink; blue; brown; yellow; white

Inscriptions

"HOOD'S // PILLS // CURE // LIVER ILLS"; back: "The general tendency of Hood's Sarsaparilla // is laxative, but in many cases it is not sufficiently // so. And in response to numerous demands for // some laxative preparation we have compounded // Hood's Vegetable Pills, which are meeting with // marked favor."; etc.

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-6 Binder D

Dimension Notes

Length: 7.9 cm. x Width: 7.9 cm.

Condition Remarks

Some age/sun discolouration; front: bottom right corner is bent; back: several stains and markings

Copy Type

Original

Less detail

Accession Number

996001682

Collection

Dr. Michael A. Chiong Patent Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Drugs, Non-Prescription, advertisements

Dyspepsia -- drug therapy -- advertisements

MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- advertisements

MM= Drugs -- digestive disorders -- advertisements

Description

Small paper trade card for Hood's Sarsaparilla; front: chromolithograph of a young girl dressed in an adult's fox-hunting hat and coat, surrounded by hounds; back: description of what it contains and testimonials.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.

Maker

C. I. Hood & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1860

1900

circa 1860-1900

Material

paper: purple; black; brown; red; white

Inscriptions

"TAKE HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA. // 100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR"; back: "100 DOSES One Dollar // can only be truthfully applied to Hood's Sarsaparilla and is // an unanswerable argument as to strength and economy. // Hood's Sarsaparilla is made from Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, // Wild Cherry, Dandelion, Juniper, Pipsisswa, Stillingia, ..."; etc.

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-6 Binder D

Dimension Notes

Length: 12.2 cm. x Width: 8.1 cm.

Condition Remarks

Back is quite age/sun (?) discoloured (may be old glue); front: has some white spots where it has worn away top colour

Copy Type

Original

Less detail

Accession Number

996001683

Collection

Dr. Michael A. Chiong Patent Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Drugs, Non-Prescription, advertisements

Dyspepsia -- drug therapy -- advertisements

Toothbrushing -- advertisements

MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- advertisements

MM= Drugs -- digestive disorders -- advertisements

Description

Small paper trade card for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Tooth Powder; front: chromolithograph of a young woman's smiling face breaking through a newspaper called "Hood's Latest"; back: advertising and testimonials for tooth powder.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.

Maker

C. I. Hood & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1886

circa 1886

Date Remarks

"Newspaper" date

Material

paper: blue; brown; pink

Inscriptions

Front: "HOOD'S LATEST // HEALTH AND HAPPINESS -- A GOOD APPETITE AND PURE BLOOD -- YOU // MAY HAVE BY TAKING HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA."; back: "HOOD'S TOOTH POWDER // Continues to grow in popular favor, owing to its great merit, // and the universal satisfaction which it gives. It is regarded by // those who have used it, the very best preparation of the kind // before the public..."; etc.

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-6 Binder D

Dimension Notes

Length: 12.0 cm. x Width: 7.9 cm.

Condition Remarks

Some age/sun discolouration; back: a light, large stain in the middle, and a few smaller ones

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Book

Research Facts

Exact card reproduced in "Step Right Up" by Brooks Mcnamara, colour insert, p.#5

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Accession Number

1977.12.220

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Drugs, Non-Prescription

Advertising

Antimalarials -- advertisements

Malaria -- drug therapy -- advertisements

Description

An original double-sided advertising card; image on front is of a log cabin with an adult and small child in a forest with a rowboat on water, second image on front is of two frogs with Ayer’s product being approached by a crocodile; image on back is of a frog climbing an Ayer’s bottle; most of back printed area missing.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.

Maker

Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1890

1900

circa 1890-1900

Date Remarks

Style of graphics.

Material

paper: cream

ink: brown; green; red

Inscriptions

Overprinted on front: "AYER'S AGUE CURE // IS WARRANTED TO CURE // ALL MALARIAL DISORDERS // Prepared by // Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass."

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-7 Binder A

Dimension Notes

Length 5.4 cm x Width 11.2 cm

Condition Remarks

Back of card is missing; only edges of print are still visible; piece of large orange sticker is on back, adhesive tape holds together bottom-left corner of card.

Copy Type

Original

Less detail

Accession Number

996001650

Collection

Dr. Michael A. Chiong Patent Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Drugs, Non-Prescription, advertisements

MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- anti-pyretic -- advertisements

Description

Small trade card for Ayer's Ague Cure; front: chromolithograph of a young woman giving this to a Mexican lad in a tropical locale.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1996.

Maker

Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Material

paper: green; blue; red; yellow; black

Inscriptions

"AYER'S AGUE CURE // IS WARRANTED TO CURE // FEVER & AGUE AND ALL // MALARIAL DISORDERS. // OVER."; back: "AYER'S AGUE CURE IS // a purely vegetable bitter and // powerful tonic ..." and so on

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-6 Binder D

Dimension Notes

Length: 12.1 cm. x Width: 6.8 cm.

Condition Remarks

A number of large creases, "breaking" the paper in front or back; some general stains (dirt) and a small amount of age/sun discolouration; front: left bottom corner, top paper has ripped away

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Book

Reference Comments

"Secret Nostrums & Systems" by Chas. W. Oleson, p. 9

Research Facts

Contained amorphous cinchona alkaloids, cinchonine, cinchonidine, quinine, and quinidine

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Accession Number

996001653

Collection

Dr. Michael A. Chiong Patent Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Drugs, Non-Prescription, advertisements

Description

Small trade card for Ayer's Ague Cure; front: a chromolithograph of a cabin and family in a swampy "wild" area; a triangular section, bottom, right, shows two frogs handing a bottle of the cure to an alligator (?) or crocodile; back: description of cure.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1996.

Maker

Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1860

circa 1860

Date Remarks

Before 1906 ("cure") and was produced for over "25 years", but no information on when this cure was first made

Material

paper: green; red; yellow; brown; blue

Inscriptions

"AYER'S AGUE CURE // IS WARRANTED TO CURE // FEVER & AGUE AND ALL // MALARIAL DISORDERS. // Prepared by // Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass."; back: "Ayer's Ague Cure is a purely // vegetable bitter and ..." etc.

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-6 Binder D

Dimension Notes

Length: 11.6 cm. x Width: 6.0 cm.

Condition Remarks

Some age/sun discolouration; bottom right corner bent

Copy Type

Original

Less detail

Accession Number

1978.14.2

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Advertisements

MeSH Heading

Almanacs

Advertising

Description

A small booklet, rectangular in shape, originally with approximately 32 pages and a front and back cover; the booklet's primary use is as an almanac with calendars, times for sunrise and sunset, and phases of the moon; included also are facts and jokes as well as advertisements for Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, testimonials and other products made by Dr. Ayer. A small fabric cord is placed through a hole in the upper left-hand front corner.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.

Maker

Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1881

circa 1881

Date Remarks

Based on publishing date

Material

paper: off-white; yellow

fabric: blue; red; white

Inscriptions

Printed in black ink on the page at the beginning of book: "Second Month. FEBRUARY, 1881. 28 Days. // MOON'S PHASES. CALENDAR]"; printed on back cover in black: on the left a calendar, and on the right: "Those medicines which have stood the test of // criticism for years may be depended on for real merit. Of such is AYER'S CHERRY PEC- // TORAL, which deserves a place in every house- // hold. — Victoria (Tex.) Advocate [in italics]."; "The family medicines of Dr. J. C. AYER & // Co. are popular, reliable and world-famous. — Pulaski (Tenn.) Citizen"

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-7 Binder B

Dimension Notes

Length 19.2 cm x Width 12.2 cm x Depth 0.2 cm

Condition Remarks

At least two pages have been torn off as well as the cover; pages are torn--February is a half page--and some worm holes are visible on pages.

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Book

Reference Comments

"Spring and Summer Catalogue (No. 46)," The T. Eaton Co., 1901 (reprinted 1970), p. 117 (see attached photocopy); "The Great American Fraud," by Samuel Hopkins Adams, p. 21

Research Facts

According to "The Great American Fraud," Ayer's Sarsaparilla had an alcohol content of 26%.

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Accession Number

1978.14.11

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Publications

MeSH Heading

Almanacs

Advertising

Drugs, Non-Prescription, advertisements

Description

An original paper advertising almanac, Canadian edition, 32 pages covered with yellow paper, front and back covers printed, black print, glued spine, images on several pages, line drawing image on front cover of Ayer’s bottle on top of a globe with light shining around the bottle, image on back cover of bundles packages of raw sarsaparilla including product, a small piece of red, white, and blue looped string tied through a hole in the top left corner; advertisements for various products throughout.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.

Maker

Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.

Site Made (City)

Lowell

Site Made (State)

Massachusetts

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1892

Date Remarks

Printed on cover.

Material

paper: tan; yellow

ink: black

Inscriptions

Printed on cover: "AYER'S // AMERICAN ALMANAC // – CANADIAN EDITION – // 1892 // AYER’S SARSAPARILLA // CURES OTHERS WILL CURE YOU // PUBLUSHED BY // DR. J. C. AYER & CO., // Practical and Analytical Chemists // LOWELL, MASS., U.S.A."; printed on back: a page of advertising

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-5-7 Binder B

Dimension Notes

Length 19.4 cm x Width 12.6 cm

Condition Remarks

Wear along fold and edges, overall yellowing, spot of brown discolouration on front cover bleeding through to middle of book.

Copy Type

Original

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