Small paper trade card for Minard's Liniment; front: lithograph of a man with a sack of money seeking safety in Canada; back: usual claims and praises of the product.
Small paper trade card for Minard's Liniment; front: lithograph of a man with a sack of money seeking safety in Canada; back: usual claims and praises of the product.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
Front: "SEEKING SAFETY. // TO CANADA // MINARD'S LINIMENT // KING OF PAIN"; back: "ASK YOUR DRUGGIST // FOR // MINARD'S // LINIMENT // THE KING OF PAIN! // LARGE BOTTLE! POWERFUL REMEDY! // COSTS ONLY 25c. PER BOTTLE // CURES // Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Contrac- // tion of the Muscles, Sore // Throat, Diphtheria, etc. // SOLD EVERYWHERE // Minard's Liniment Mfg. Co. // Proprietors // Boston, Mass."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder E
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 10.4 cm. x Width: 6.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
Quite age/sun discoloured; paper is very wrinkled from the dried adhesive on the back; some pieces of paper also stuck to the paper
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Snake-Oil Syndrome" by A. Walker Bingham, p. 63; "Nostrums & Quackery" Vol. II, p. 737
Research Facts
Began as veterinary and expanded to humans; contained ammonium chloride, turpentine, camphor and soap; an internal and external remedy and was later styled "The King of Pain"; fined in 1916 ($50) for false claims; at that time company in South Framington, Mass.