Trade cards

Trade card advertising Wampole's Preparation, a remedy prepared by Henry K. Wampole and Co., Philadelphia. The title is from the verso of the card.

Trade card advertising "Best" Tonic, a remedy prepared by the Phillip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Title from verso; recto untitled.

Trade card advertising The "Best" Tonic, a remedy prepared by the Philip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This product was later marketed by the Pabst Brewing Co. Title from verso; recto untitled. The recto reproduces a photograph of "Mrs. President Cleveland," i.e., Frances Folsom, who Grover Cleveland married in 1886.

Trade card advertising The "Best" Tonic, a remedy prepared by the Philip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee. This product was later marketed by the Pabst Brewing Co.

An oversized trade card that could be stood up as a small show card (using a fold-out tab attached to the verso). The card advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla, a remedy prepared by C.I. Hood and Co., Lowell, Mass. This card was probably issued during the 1880s or 1890s.

Trade card advertising Merchant's Gargling Oil, and Merchant's Worm Tablets, remedies prepared by Merchant's Gargling Oil Co., Lockport, N.Y. Title on verso: Aymar the Clown.

Trade card/postcard advertising Rex Bitters, a remedy prepared by the Rex Bitters Co., Chicago.

Trade card/ink blotter advertising Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops, a remedy prepared by Smith Bros., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Trade card advertising the toothpaste Ivory Polish and the remedies Fleming's Crudoform Liniment and Dr. C. McLane's Celebrated Liver Pills -- all products of the Fleming Bros. firm, Pittsburgh, Pa. In advertising an 1888 calendar, this card was probably issued toward the end of 1887. Recto untitled; title from verso.

Trade card advertising H and H Balm, a remedy prepared by the H and H Company, Attica, Indiana.

Two-piece, die cut trade card advertising 24 Hour Corn Cure, a remedy prepared by N.W. Stiles, Boston.

Trade card advertising Allen's Root Beer Extract as a health beverage. The extract was prepared by C.E. Carter, a pharmacist in Lowell, Mass. Title on verso: Health is better than wealth.

Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower, remedies prepared by the G.G. Green firm, Woodbury, N.J.

Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower, remedies prepared by the G.G. Green firm, Woodbury, N.J.

Trade card advertising Dr. Simmons' Cough Syrup, a remedy prepared by the A.C. Simmons, Jr. Medicine Co., Sherman, Texas.

Trade card advertising Sines' Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Hoarhound, a remedy prepared by the Sines Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia. This card is one in a series.

Trade card advertising Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, a hair product prepared by R.P. Hall and Co., Nashua, N.H. This card has an 1886 copyright date. The verso is blank.

Trade card advertising A-Corn Salve, a remedy prepared by the Giant Chemical Co., Philadelphia.

Trade card advertising the sarsaparilla remedy prepared by the Auburn Drug and Chemical Co., Auburn, Maine. Title from verso; recto untitled.

Trade card advertising A.D. and C. Co's Sarsaparilla, a remedy prepared by the Auburn Drug and Chemical Co., Auburn, Me. Title from verso; recto untitled.