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O.L. Oleson, Agent
Advertising card for O.L. Oleson of Ramona, Wisconsin who sold patent medicines. The card features a photograph of Oleson seated in a wagon advertising Willson's Extracts pulled by two horses.
Electricity in a Bottle
1886
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 medi...
You Blow the Powder
Advertising for Dr. Birney's Catarrhal Powder, showing a drawing of a woman administering a treatment to herself by blowing the powder up her own nose through a tube. The ad is stamped by Sherman &...
Wine of the Woods
Advertisement for Wine of the Woods and Balsam Drops, a purported cure for dyspepsia, constipation, and headaches marketed to women and sold by John L. Moody, a druggist in Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator Advertisement
1878
Newspaper advertisement for Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator for diseases of the liver, stomach, and bowels. A long list of diseases the tonic treated is written on a diagram of a liver. Dr. Sanford...
William Wilson, Medical Electrician Ad
Advertisement for William Wilson, Medical Electrician that features a Greek godlike figure wearing various electrical medical garments and holding a placard that reads, "Take medicine and die, wear...
