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Title
Allen's Root Beer Extract [inscribed]
Alternative Title
Health is better than wealth
25-cent bottle of Allen's Root Beer Extract will make six gallons of beer
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1870 and 1906?]
1870/1906
Publication Information
Lowell (Mass.)
Carter, C. E
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
A little girl holding a bunch of flowers in her apron and sucking on the corner of the cloth.
Original trade card forms part of: collection no.311, History & Special collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA
Allens Root Beer Extract for making home made beer. Health is better than wealth. In warm weather do not drink ice water, which undoubtedly causes Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Allen's Root Beer Extract is made from roots and herbs, such as Dandelion, Ginger, Pipsissewa, Hops, Sassafras, Spikenard (Life of Man), Black Birch, etc., and makes a pleasant and healthy beverage. It acts upon the kidneys and liver, and is perfectly safe for children. It gives an appetite and aids digestion. While acting as a pleasant beverage, it furnishes the most valuable elements of nutrition. It is easy to make, requires no boiling or straining...A 25 cent bottle will make six gallons of beer.
Type

Identifier
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
ark:/21198/zz0002hcv4
Language
English
Subject
Flowers
Girls
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Patent medicines
Source
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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