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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.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Anderson, Walter W. (1807-1875.)
Aspinwall, Horatio G. (1819-1896.)
Bannan, Benjamin, (1824-)
Crosby, Charles H., (1807-1883.)
Haehnlen, Jacob, (approximately 1824-)
Hanford, Albert,
Hawkins, Ezekiel C.
King, W. A.
Reed, Edwin O.,
Shields, C.
Stevens, H. R.
Thoubboron, J.
Tobin, M. F.
Associated organizations
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Cosack & Co.
Hop Pill Mf'g Co.
J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.
Longacre & Co.
Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Samuel Bowles and Company.
Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.
Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Thomas & Eno.
William H. Forbes & Company.
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