Small paper trade card for Carter's Backache Plasters; front: green lithograph of a child and his grandpa, with the boy telling him he should use Carter's Backache Plasters; back: tells what it contains, what it helps and so on.
Small paper trade card for Carter's Backache Plasters; front: green lithograph of a child and his grandpa, with the boy telling him he should use Carter's Backache Plasters; back: tells what it contains, what it helps and so on.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
"'OH! MY POOR BACK' // 'DRAN'PA // O'O' OUGHT TO // PUT ON ONE OF // CARTER'S // BACKACHE // PLASTERS' // CARTER'S BACKACHE PLASTERS // OVER."; back: "BACK-ACHE // QUICKLY CURED BY // CARTER'S // Smartweed and Belladonna Back Ache Plasters. // These plasters contain Smart Weed and Belladonna -- both wonderful pain relievers -- in ad- // dition to the usual gums, balsams, &c., used in other porous plasters, ..." and so on
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder D
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 10.6 cm. x Width: 7.3 cm.
Condition Remarks
Some age/sun discolouration; staining along the front; back: bottom corners have paper ripped off (top layers) and top corners have stains from old adhesive