Small paper trade card for Vegetine; front: chromolithograph on a gold background of a "little" fiddler playing for a goose and its gosling; trademark in upper right corner; back: promotion of Vegetine in powder form.
Small paper trade card for Vegetine; front: chromolithograph on a gold background of a "little" fiddler playing for a goose and its gosling; trademark in upper right corner; back: promotion of Vegetine in powder form.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
Front: "NATURE'S REMEDY. // VEGETINE // THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER."; back: "THE BARKS, ROOTS AND HERBS // FROM WHICH VEGETINE IS MADE // IN POWDER FORM, // SOLD FOR 50 Cts. A PACKAGE. // ONE PACKAGE WILL MAKE // TWO BOTTLES OF VEGETINE // IN LIQUID FORM. // VEGETINE put up in this form is within the reach of all. // By making the medicine yourself, you can, from a 50 cent // package ..."; etc.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder E
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 11.2 cm. x Width: 7.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
Some age/sun discolouration; front: some of the gold is worn to black and white in several places; back: several darker stained areas, and several where paper (top) has come away