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Title
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething [inscribed]
Date Created and/or Issued
1886
Publication Information
New York (N.Y.)
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
The card shows a picture of a lady with her two kids sleeping on the bed, the lady is reading an edvertisement on a newspaper, in the first page it is written on it the title of the card "Mrs.Winslow's soothing syrup for children teething" and there is a drawing of a syrup tube by the end of the 1st page on the newspaper. On the back of the card there is a picture of a calendar of the year of 1886, also there is a small paragraph in English which is translated to German and French.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special for the sciences, Louise M. Darling biomedical Library, UCLA.
On the back of the card: ...A toilet luxury. To cleanse and whiten the Teeth; To remove tartar from the teeth; To sweeten the breath and preserve the teeth; To make the gums hard and healthy, use Brown's Camphorated Saponateous Dentifrice...
Type

Identifier
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9960994033606533
ark:/21198/zz0002hn3m
Language
English
German
French
Subject
Dental Care for Children--Advertisements
Children
Newspapers
Women
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements
Patent medicines
Source
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

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