Paper almanac for Mother Seigel's called "The Motherland"; covers are green with flowers; in the centre is a circle of orange depicting a man and two children walking along a road; back has a woman waving to the man and children; inside contains monthly calendars and testimonials for Mother Seigel …
Paper almanac for Mother Seigel's called "The Motherland"; covers are green with flowers; in the centre is a circle of orange depicting a man and two children walking along a road; back has a woman waving to the man and children; inside contains monthly calendars and testimonials for Mother Seigel Products; 18 double-sided pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, June 12, 1995.
It is an almanac for 1909 so probably published shortly before
Material
paper: black; green; orange; white
Inscriptions
Front: "THE MOTHERLAND"; inside, back cover: "GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR TAKING // Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup // DOSE - FIFTEEN to THIRTY DROPS two // or three times a day in a wineglass of // water"; etc.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder B
Dimension Notes
Length: 19.1 cm. x Width: 13.0 cm. x Depth: 0.2 cm.
Condition Remarks
Right bottom corner is ragged and missing for several pages, and a small tear just above it on the front cover, and a stain above that, and in the top left; the back has several stains along the right and left corners and on the woman's shoulder as well; quite age/sun discoloured
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Natural History of Quackery" by Eric Jameson, pp. 160-161; "The Snake-Oil Syndrome" by A. Walker Bingham, p. 105, insert # 38
Research Facts
Contained hydrochloric acid, capsicum, aloes, but mainly water and treacle, a mixture with no therapeutic effects on indigestion, the stomach, kidneys or liver, but it was innocuous; purported to be manufactured and bottled by the Shakers