Small paper trade card for Burdock's Blood Bitters; front: chromolithograph of a young, healthy, smiling boy holding a bottle of B.B.B.; back: a list of "don'ts" promoting the use of B.B.B.; red druggist's stamp on back.
Small paper trade card for Burdock's Blood Bitters; front: chromolithograph of a young, healthy, smiling boy holding a bottle of B.B.B.; back: a list of "don'ts" promoting the use of B.B.B.; red druggist's stamp on back.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1996.
Front: "BURDOCK // BLOOD BITTERS"; back: "Handsome set of cards sent free on receipt of 3ct. Stamp, by Foster. // Milburn & Co., Buffalo, N.Y. // DON'T DO IT. // DON'T get married if you have dyspepsia. Weak // stomachs are pretty sure to breed misery in the house- // hold. // DON'T attend a big job of work with the liver com- // plaint, as ten to one, you'll fail. // DON'T try to be a society favorite if you are bilious...." and so on
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder D
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 11.8 cm. x Width: 8.0 cm.
Condition Remarks
Front: some mild staining of the inks; back: definite age/sun discolouration; several stains, probably from some adhesive used on it previously; some paper in one spot left from when it was pasted
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Research Facts
This card handed out by C. F. Blanchard; druggist, Stotts (?) Block 230 Midd'sex St. Lowell, Mass.