Paper booklet Almanac from the Hostetter Co.; covers are green; front: "framed" page with facsimile of St. George riding down and spearing "The Dragon" (symbolizes medicine slaying the disease); back: full year calendar and the name of the New York. dealer; inside: monthly calendars and testimonial…
Paper booklet Almanac from the Hostetter Co.; covers are green; front: "framed" page with facsimile of St. George riding down and spearing "The Dragon" (symbolizes medicine slaying the disease); back: full year calendar and the name of the New York. dealer; inside: monthly calendars and testimonials for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters; 20 double-sided pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
Front: "HOSTETTER'S // ILLUSTRATED // UNITED STATES // ALMANAC // 1900 // FOR MERCHANTS, MECHANICS, MINERS, // FARMERS, PLANTERS, // AND // GENERAL FAMILY USE. // Carefully calculated for such Meridians and Latitudes..." and so on
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder C
Length
19.9 cm.
Width
13.1 cm.
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Some age/sun discolouration; some staining on the front and back; large notch taken out of the middle right edge, with some also from the interior pages; stain and worn away paper around the top staple; back: right middle, some of the binding edge has been ripped away