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Watkins vegetable anodyne liniment

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Description: Image of a double-fold leaflet advertising Watkins Vegetable Anodyne Liniment manufactured by the J.R. Watkins Medical Company of Winona, Minnesota; image of horse-drawn vehicle, bust-length portrait of J.R. Watkins, directions for use, and list of ailments it can be used to treat on recto; shorter advertisements for Watkins Germicide and Watkins Fly Powder and General Insecticide with product packaging images on verso; descriptions of Watkins Vegetable Anodyne Liniment in German and Norwegian also included on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1914
Call number: priJLC_MED_004706
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.

Hamilton's old English black oil the greatest healing liniment of the age!

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Image of an advertisement for Hamilton's old English black oil prepared by Kimball Bros. & Co. of Enosburg Falls, Vermont; horse at center of text advertisement explaining the ailments the oil can cure for livestock.

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Bartlett’s specialties

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Image of a six-fold advertising pamphlet for blacking, bluing, and polishes manufactured by H.A. Bartlett & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; H.A. Bartlett & Co. pair of fighting roosters and products in packaging with descriptions on recto; products in dealer packaging and jobber lists by state on verso.

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Image of a man carrying an oversized root vegetable as an elderly woman and two children look on in shock and amazement in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York.

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Pears’ soap

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Image of an advertisement for Pears' soap products from the December 1, 1895, issue of their periodical, Pears' Pictorial; glycerine, perfumed and unscented soap for washing and shaving in a variety of options pictured in packaging with descriptions; list of periodical issues with descriptions of content on verso.

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Barker’s Liniment

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Image of an advertisement for Barker's liniment; Uncle Hezekiah and Aunt Deborah try to remain still for a photographer who points at a "No trust" sign while a madcap scene of mischief unfolds around them; ads for Barker's Horse Cattle & Poultry Powder and Barker's Nerve & Bone Liniment displayed prominently on the walls and screen behind the couple; children play and dangle toys from behind and above the screen while a woman in an apron swats at them.

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Quaker bitters

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Image of a single-fold leaflet advertising Dr. Flint's Quaker bitters; view of "Dr. Flint's Great Medical Depot" building exterior and storefront in Providence, Rhode Island, description of product, testimonials, and image of a man with a cane standing with bitters in hand on recto; views of the "tank, or generating room" and "bottling and packing department" in the building interior and expanded descriptions of ailments the product can treat on verso.

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Watkins vegetable anodyne liniment

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