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Title
J.A. Pozzoni's Complexion Powder [inscribed]
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1870 and 1906?]
1870/1906
Publication Information
St. Louis, Mo
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
Depicts girl wearing a tattered straw hat. Suggests that by using this preparation a woman's face can look like a country girl's. Text on reverse side of card.
For delicacy, for purity and for improvement of the complexion, nothing equals Pozzoni's Powder...Imparts a brilliant transparency to the skin. Removes all pimples, freckles, and discolorations, and makes the skin delicately soft. This most Exquisite Toilet Preparation, the virtues of which have caused it to be in demand in all civilized countries, stands pre-eminent for producing a soft and beautiful skin. It is acknowledged by thousands of ladies, who have used it daily for many years, to be the only preparation that does not roughen the skin, burn, chap, or leave black spots in the pores, or produce other discolorations.
Identifier
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
ark:/21198/zz0002gx4j
Language
English
Subject
Women--Health and hygiene
Cosmetics--Advertisements
Cosmetics
Girls
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Patent medicines
Skin
Source
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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