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Hood’s sarsaparilla

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Description: Image of three owls on a branch with a box of Hood's Sarsaparilla restorative tonic in a die-cut stand-up advertisement; list of pills, soap, and other preparations with descriptions and prices on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1872-1922
Call number: priJLC_MED_002613
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the medicine prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Hood's calendar companion

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Image of an advertising newspaper for C.I. Hood Company apothecaries of Lowell, Massachusetts; variety of articles, mostly promotional information and testimonials for Hood's Sarsaparilla.

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One drawing book, entitled Hood's Drawing Book, with Designs and Suggestions from an Artist of Long and Varied Experience, published by C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Massachusetts, 1898. The front cover of the drawing book shows a young man painting the title of the book onto a wood sign. The back cover of the book lists descriptions of various "Family Medicines" available from Hood & Company, including "Hood's Sarsaparilla," Hood's Tooth Powder," and "Hood's Olive Ointment." The 24-page book contains various drawing exercises, starting with simple forms and progresses to complex scenes. Inside the front cover are instructions, such as which pencils to buy and how to sharpen them. Preliminary exercises are on grids to aid the student in copying images; other exercises encourage independent efforts copying an image. Five of the images in the book have been copied into separate, loose papers, which have been inserted in the book. A few of the drawings relate to medical goods made by C.I. Hood & Co., such as the image of "Hood's Medicated Soap."

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Hood's Sarsaparilla Painting Book

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One painting book entitled Hood's Sarsaparilla Painting Book, published by C.I. Hood & Co., of Lowell, Massachusetts, copyright 1894. The front cover illustration features a girl wearing a smock who is painting the title of the book; the back cover features a colored image which is reproduced inside the book. Cut to resemble a rectangular palette, the book has 36 pages of images, most of which are in outline form for painting. Colored images serve as a guide for student in the appropriate use of color. The book advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla, a patent medicine, and the company itself. There are images of children playing, of Hood's Factory and Hood's Farm, and even of Merry Maiden, the prize cow from Hood's Farm. The majority of the outline images have been filled in using watercolors. Instructions for the use of watercolor are included.

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Sweet home soap J. L. Sarkin & Co. Buffalo, N.Y

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Image of a five-fold leaflet advertising Sweet Home family soap manufactured by J. L. Sarkin & Co. of Buffalo, N.Y.; six panels illustrate the phases of a romantic relationship with a pair of anthropomorphized owls and frogs, including admiration, consummation, dissipation, desperation, reparation, and restoration; image of a pocket watch, retail information and testimonials on verso.

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Hunnewell’s standard preparations

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Image of an advertisement for Hunnewell’s standard preparations, pills, and treatments; rocky landscape with trees and mountains at center framed by packages of Hunnewell's remedies for coughs, headache, and other ailments.

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Santa Claus soap

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Image of Santa Claus carrying a Christmas tree and a box of Santa Claus soap as he visits a little girl in an advertisement for Santa Claus soap manufactured by the N.K. Fairbank Company; large bar of soap on paper wrapping at bottom right.

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