University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Classification
Archival, Advertisements
Accession Number
1978.14.25
Description
A rectangular booklet of 32 pages; the front page has an image of a young boy dressed in a broad-brimmed hat, overcoat, and knee-high boots, with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills strapped to his body; he stands beside an emplaced cannon on the seashore; on the back cover is the image of a cuffed hand holdiā¦
A rectangular booklet of 32 pages; the front page has an image of a young boy dressed in a broad-brimmed hat, overcoat, and knee-high boots, with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills strapped to his body; he stands beside an emplaced cannon on the seashore; on the back cover is the image of a cuffed hand holding Dr. Williams' pill; booklet includes advertisements for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, Nasal Balm and Hanson's Magic Corn Salve; extensive testimonials; descriptions of the following ailments: catarrh, early decay, locomotor ataxia, palpitation and heart disease, sciatica, consumption, kidney trouble, anemia, ladies' ailments, rheumatism and paralysis.
On the front page, printed vertically twice on each of the six pills strapped to the boy: "TRADEMARK // DR. WILLIAMS // PINK // PILLS // FOR // PALE // PEOPLE // REGISTERED"; see photocopy for more details; printed at bottom: "THE LITTLE LIFE-SAVER"; back cover: printed text: "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills // for Pale People."; text on pill: "TRADEMARK [inverted] // DR. WILLIAMS' // PINK // PILLS // FOR // PALE // PEOPLE // REGISTERED [inverted]"; printed text on back cover: "The Genuine as // Advertised bearing // the Full Name // Dr. Williams' Pink Pills // for Pale People // on each Package. // Accept no Substitute."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Pharmaceutical Advertising Binder C
Dimension Notes
Length 22.7 cm x Width 16.5 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Some staining on cover
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Spring and Summer Catalogue (No. 46)," The T. Eaton Co., 1901 (reprinted 1970), p. 117