Light cardboard trade card (chromolithograph), smaller than a postcard, for Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid; colour on the front, depicting three chubby birds, a rose, and an assortment of leaves; back: tan with dark brown lettering telling of uses and cost.
Light cardboard trade card (chromolithograph), smaller than a postcard, for Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid; colour on the front, depicting three chubby birds, a rose, and an assortment of leaves; back: tan with dark brown lettering telling of uses and cost.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, July 15, 1995 (before).
Copyright date cut off, but 996.001.674 is identical
Material
paper: yellow; brown; green; blue; pink
Inscriptions
Front reads, "DR. GROSVENOR'S // LIVERAID // THE // WONDERFUL . LIVER . REMEDY // SMALL DOSES, PROMPT EFFECT"; back: claims to cure only liver or stomach trouble (includes malaria, rheumatism)
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Length
12.7 cm.
Width
6.8 cm.
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
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Condition Remarks
Front - very good except for small line running through the words where the paper has worn away; back - the three corners have had some cardboard removed, looks like tape or putty caused it when they were removed
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Great Patent Medicine Era" by Adelaide Hechtlinger, p. 219