University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Classification
Archival, Advertisements
Accession Number
1978.14.20
Description
A small, square booklet of 32 pages plus a front and back cover; the front cover is illustrated with a scene of a First Nations man riding a horse, spearing a black bear, surrounded by foliage; the almanac lists calendars, moon phases, times for sunrise and sunset, as well as claims, testimonials, …
A small, square booklet of 32 pages plus a front and back cover; the front cover is illustrated with a scene of a First Nations man riding a horse, spearing a black bear, surrounded by foliage; the almanac lists calendars, moon phases, times for sunrise and sunset, as well as claims, testimonials, and conditions and diseases that Dr. Morse's Root Pills can cure.
Printed on the front cover: "1901 [printed in black] // DR. // MORSE'S // INDIAN // ROOT PILLS [printed within a circle in black on red and white] // ALMANAC [printed in yellow on a red banner]"; printed on the back cover in black in the left hand column is "FOR SALE [printed on diagonal to right] // BY ALL // DRUGGISTS // AND // DEALERS // PRICE // 25¢ // A BOX"; printed in the second column: "EACH BOX [printed on diagonal to left] // CONTAINS // MANY // MORE PILLS // THAN ANY // OTHERS // IN THE // MARKET."; printed between the two columns is an illustration in light blue ink displaying a facsimile of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills including a guarantee on the authenticity of the products; printed below the illustration in black ink is: "ABOVE IS A FAC SIMILE [illeg.] OUTSIDE WRAPPER IN WHICH // Dr. Morse [illeg.] Root Pills, [in italics] // ARE // WRAPPED"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Pharmaceutical Advertising Binder C
Dimension Notes
Length 15.1 cm x Width 16.5 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper has discoloured over the years with age and the covers are very torn and gouged, especially the back cover; colours of the ink in good condition.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Spring and Summer Catalogue (No. 46)," The T. Eaton Co., Ltd, 1901 (reprinted in 1970), p. 117