fbpx

Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-258715

You can find this within

Browse Collection

Description

The product is for treating mental and physical exhaustion and dyspepsia. The text on the verso reads "Prepared according to the directions of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
pharmacists
chemists (scientists)
girls
portraits
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.02.019

Image Dimensions

5 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Rumford Chemical Works (Publisher)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Drugs

Description Level

Item

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].