Image of a man painting the letters of an advertisement for Dr. Sage’s catarrh remedy on a cliff while sitting on a seat made of board and rope hanging high above Niagara Falls waterfall. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Cosack & Co. operated from approximately 1878-1891. "Cosack & Co B Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom left margin. "Backed by $500.00 reward for an incurable case."--text, center left of image. Ribbon hanger affixed to top center of sign.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 54.93 x 25.4 cm (21 5/8 x 10 in.)
Advertising--Medicine Artists--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Waterfalls--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Medicine Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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