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Title
E. O. Hersey, Druggist and Apothecary [inscribed]
Alternative Title
Druggist and Apothecary
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1870 and 1906?]
1870/1906
Publication Information
Putnam (Conn.)
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
Back of card advertises protoxide of iron as being a great blood purifier and tonic.
Front of card depicts two women standing on the beach one holding a magnifying glass. A man sitting on a barrel is also depicted holding a fishing net. A boat is can be seen to the side as well as birds.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA
No. 11 Union St., Putnam, Conn. Sole proprietor and manufacturer of protoxide of iron, the great blood purifier and tonic, also Dr. J. Bemis' Check Drops, for all forms of Dysentery.
Additional card text: E. O. Hersey, Druggist and Apothecary.
Type

Identifier
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
ark:/21198/zz0002hd0p
Language
English
Subject
Women
Dysentery
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Men
Ships
Patent medicines
Drug Therapy--Advertisements
Beaches
Birds
Source
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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