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Advertising Cards

A common method for medicine-makers to hawk their products was to provide druggists with postcard-sized advertisements with a picture on one side and a description of the glories of the product on the other.

Ayer's Sarsaparilla

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

Hires' Root Beer

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound (First Card)

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound (Second Card)

Pond's Extract

Rumford Yeast Powder

Wells, Richardson, & Co.'s Lactated Food


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