Trade card for Malt Bitters, Malt Bitters Company, Boston, Mass, undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Food
Beverages, alcoholic
Food - Beverages, alcoholic - Folder 2
Trade card for Malt Bitters, Malt Bitters Company, Boston, Mass, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Food
    - Beverages, alcoholic
      - Food - Beverages, alcoholic - Folder 2
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Description

The Malt Bitters are advertised on the card verso as "Stimulation Without Intoxication." The image is captioned "The House That Jack Built." The cards are available at druggists such as M.S. Wooman & Co., pharmacists in West Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
men (male humans)
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.03.02.013

Image Dimensions

3 1/4 x 5 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Lebanon (Grafton county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Beverages
Alcoholic beverages

Description Level

Item

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