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Trade cards for Burdock Blood Bitters, made by T. Millburn Drug Company, Buffalo, New York, undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

GUSN

GUSN-195537

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Description

The trade card features a wolf making off with a pig. Another pig looks out from a pigsty at the scene. It seems to be a rendition of the Three Little Pigs story. "Burdock Blood Bitters" was a tonic made from burdock root and claimed to purify the blood and cure many other ailments (digestive, etc.).

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000648
AccessID 883
Other identifier HNEDID-000648

Physical Description

2 trade cards ; 4 3/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.01.004

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Buffalo (Erie county, New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Other Organizations

T. Millburn Drug Company (Ontario, Canada)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Pig
Drugs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Medicines

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