Small paper trade card for Vegetine; front: chromolithograph on a silver background; one small man with butterfly net is knocked down by a butterfly, while the other tries to pin it; back: testimonials; front: trademark upper right.
Small paper trade card for Vegetine; front: chromolithograph on a silver background; one small man with butterfly net is knocked down by a butterfly, while the other tries to pin it; back: testimonials; front: trademark upper right.
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: "PURIFIES THE BLOOD, // RENOVATES AND INVIGORATES the Whole SYSTEM. // Six Bottles Every Spring. // SICK HEADACHE. // MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 10th, 1878 // H.R. STEVENS, BOSTON: // DEAR SIR - I had been troubled with Sick Headache as // aften as once a week, for twenty years, up to March, 1872, // when I ..."; etc.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder E
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 11.3 cm. x Width: 7.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
Some age/sun discolouration; front: a lot of the silver has worn away to white; right bottom corner bent; back: a lot of little brown spot-stains all over