Trade card for Ayer's Hair Vigor, prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Medicines
General
Medicines - General - Folder 5
Trade card for Ayer's Hair Vigor, prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Medicines
    - General
      - Medicines - General - Folder 5
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Description

A little girl dips her grandmother's false curls in an ink well in the card image. The card verso text describes the benefits of Ayer's Hair Vigor.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
hair
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 4 3/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.05.025

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Ayer, J. C. (James Cook), 1819-1878 (Manufacturer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Toilet preparations
Drugs

Description Level

Item

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