Light cardboard trade card for Mother Swans Worm Syrup; front: colour chromolithograph of a swan with three cygnets swimming in a pond, with a bridge on one end holding a woman and four children; back: black on tan, advertises the worm syrup, but also Well's Rough on Corns (with picture of laughing…
Light cardboard trade card for Mother Swans Worm Syrup; front: colour chromolithograph of a swan with three cygnets swimming in a pond, with a bridge on one end holding a woman and four children; back: black on tan, advertises the worm syrup, but also Well's Rough on Corns (with picture of laughing man), Rough on Rats (picture of dead rat), Well's May Apple Pills, Well's Health Renewer, Buchu-Paiba.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, July 15, 1995 (before).
No relevant information found other than chromolithograph generalisation
Material
paper: red; yellow; blue; green
Inscriptions
Front: "NEVER DOES HARM // ALWAYS DOES GOOD // A GOOD CATHARTIC // MOTHER SWANS // WORM SYRUP // Perfectly harmless, but most Effective Worm Destroyer extant. If worms are not expelled by it, // you may depend they do not exist. // IT IS SWEET AND NICE ... 25 cents at DRUGGISTS"; back: more ads; see Description for details
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 12.0 cm. x Width: 7.9 cm.
Condition Remarks
Slight crease down the middle with a small tear at the top end, slight nick on the right edge, a little staining on the back
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Snake-Oil Syndrome" by A. Walker Bingham, p. 148
Research Facts
Probably a Wells, Richardson & Co.'s product since the ads on the back are for more of their products, which were often advertised together