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Gargling oil for horses, : and extensively used in families on human flesh

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Description: Image of an advertisement for horse gargling oil sold by G.W. Merchants; two Turkish men in native clothing tend to a dappled horse with a bottle of gargling oil; a box of two dozen oil bottles as used by "His Highness the Sultan Abdul Majid, Constantinople, Turkey" lies on the ground nearby; tents, men, and horses in a field in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1851-1854
Call number: priJLC_AGR_003438
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackerman, James, (1815 or 1816-1864.)

Herbert M. Rogers & Co.'s pure Newfoundland cod liver oil

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Image of a single-fold leaflet advertising Herbert M. Rogers & Co.'s pure Newfoundland cod liver oil for treating a variety of ailments, including consumption, debility, lung and throat diseases, scrofula, and rheumatism; glass bottle of cod liver oil at center; testimonials and statements to physicians and druggists.

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Belfast ginger ale. : Mineral water. Manufactured by Moses Fairbanks and Co. Howard Athenaeum Building Howard St. Boston

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Image of a barrel and bottle room with machinery and a man operating it inside a stone arched doorway that frames the scene; bottles and barrels of cream ale, mineral water, syrup, and stock ale rest on a stone ledge that forms the bottom of the image frame advertising for Moses Fairbanks and Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Genuine Belfast ginger ale : G. D. Dows & Co. 55, Sudbury St. Boston

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Image of a bottle rack on a table with three bottles of Belfast ginger ale displayed next to a glass filled with the beverage; image surrounded by a frame illustrated to resemble a wooden vanity mirror frame with medallions for awards to G.D. Dows & Company from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1865 and the New England Agricultural Society in 1872.

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The horse fair from the celebrated painting by Rosa Bonheur

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Image of several men guiding a herd of horses to a horse far along a dirt road and through trees.

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The American ginger ale manufactured by Coburn, Lang & Co. 100 Worcester & 116 Water Streets. Boston, Mass

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Image of an advertisement for Coburn, Lang & Company ginger ale featuring a family sitting around a dining room table in a parlor setting; a man standing at the table pours ginger ale while a woman approaches the group with a tray full of cups in hand, other members of the family look on, and a child sits on the floor; ginger ale bottles flank the scene on either side in the frame with interlocking letters for C L & Co. below each bottle.

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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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