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Electricity in a Bottle
| Advertising ephemera for Electricity in a Bottle by the West Electric Cure Co. of Chicago which claimed to cure catarrh, hay fever, headache, asthma, and neuralgia. The ad is in the shape of a medicine bottle with electrical bolts shooting from the top. |
| Image ID: | 81942 |
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| Creation Date: | 1886 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Ephemera collection, circa 1850-circa 2000 |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2724, Patent Medicine |
| Original Dimensions: | 1.75 x 4 inches |
| The card represents the actual size of the battery (1.75 x 3 inches). A claim on the reverse reads, "Its success has been unparalleled, selling at sight, and entirely on its merits. A Cure guaranteed in every case, if directions are followed." The price for the item was $1.00. |
| Graphic arts |
| Advertising |
| Patent medicines |
| Quacks and quackery |
| Electric batteries |
| Ephemera |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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