Light cardboard trade card which should first be folded and then opened along crease to reveal before and after testimonial poem and pictures for Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam; front: colour chromolithography of healed person and astonished friends, with a "poem" on how he was healed; back: folds up to giv…
Light cardboard trade card which should first be folded and then opened along crease to reveal before and after testimonial poem and pictures for Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam; front: colour chromolithography of healed person and astonished friends, with a "poem" on how he was healed; back: folds up to give the impression of a deathly ill person (colour) with a verse on his illness; the rest in black on tan tells everything it cures, a testimonial from William J. Coughlin and where it can be bought; Metamorphic trade card.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, July 15, 1995 (before).
"THE STAR OF HOPE // SAVED BY // DR. WM. HALL'S BALSAM. // FOR THE LUNGS // [two verses follow (flip up, then down)]; back: list of what it cures (all lung problems), a testimonial and where to find it
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 12.9 cm. x Width: 7.9 cm.
Condition Remarks
Front: some staining (yellow), bent in two places, one is supposed to be to fold it (bottom); back: quite dirty, probably from the lettering ink
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Snake-Oil Syndrome: Patent Medicine Advertising" by A. Walker Bingham, colour insert 26, plate 51
Research Facts
In the book below, another picture of this "medicine" is found, but no facts other than that the company are also proprietors of other patents (see back of card for a list)