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05.28
2013
centuriespast: “Shakers’ Blood Syrup”, George E. Desbarats & Co., Lithographers; Montreal, Canada. Mount Lebanon, NY, 1884: Paper, ink. This poster was created to advertise a product made by Charles and William Smith of Montreal. Knowing that the name Shaker gave people confidence in the quality of a product, they obtained a trademark to use the Shaker name to sell their medicine.  They did so without the Shakers’ permission. Shakers went to court to have the trademark canceled in 1885. The Shaker Museum

centuriespast:

“Shakers’ Blood Syrup”, George E. Desbarats & Co., Lithographers; Montreal, Canada. Mount Lebanon, NY, 1884: Paper, ink. This poster was created to advertise a product made by Charles and William Smith of Montreal. Knowing that the name Shaker gave people confidence in the quality of a product, they obtained a trademark to use the Shaker name to sell their medicine.  They did so without the Shakers’ permission. Shakers went to court to have the trademark canceled in 1885.

The Shaker Museum

04.16
2013

What was in Dr. F. G. Johnson’s French Female Pills and other scientifically untested elixirs, nostrums and other quack cures that were the only medicines available to sick people during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries?

03.24
2013
questionableadvice: ~ The Whittier Register, August 7, 1903via Whittier Digital Archives“If you are so fortunate as not to know everything, you will find that the opportunity to know is unlimited.”

questionableadvice:

~ The Whittier Register, August 7, 1903
via Whittier Digital Archives

“If you are so fortunate as not to know everything, you will find that the opportunity to know is unlimited.”

03.20
2013
mudwerks: Brown’s Iron Bitters - a true tonic. (front) (by Boston Public Library)

mudwerks:

Brown’s Iron Bitters - a true tonic. (front) (by Boston Public Library)

03.02
2013
underlandjunction: (via Morbid Anatomy: Wolcott’s Instant Pain Annihilator, Medical Advertisement, 19th C?)

underlandjunction:

(via Morbid Anatomy: Wolcott’s Instant Pain Annihilator, Medical Advertisement, 19th C?)

02.24
2013
my-wanton-self: questionableadvice: ~ Accidents, Emergencies, and Illnesses, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1902via Internet Archive I seem to have SO many emergencies these days….. Some old fashioned remedies are the best.

my-wanton-self:

questionableadvice:

~ Accidents, Emergencies, and Illnesses, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1902
via Internet Archive

I seem to have SO many emergencies these days…..

Some old fashioned remedies are the best.

02.14
2013
questionableadvice: ~ American Social Health Association, 1922via University of Minnesota“Don’t worry. Lead an active, healthy life and forget about sex matters.” Words of wisdom.

questionableadvice:

~ American Social Health Association, 1922
via University of Minnesota

“Don’t worry. Lead an active, healthy life and forget about sex matters.”

Words of wisdom.

01.10
2013
treselegant: ‘WHISKERS AND MOUSTACHES (TO PROMOTE THEIR GROWTH).’ Invaluable advice to gentlemen, Bow Bells, 1866.

treselegant:

‘WHISKERS AND MOUSTACHES (TO PROMOTE THEIR GROWTH).’

Invaluable advice to gentlemen,

Bow Bells, 1866.

01.05
2013
plenilune: (via f-yeahvictorians) Shouldn’t this cure, you know, wizardry? Or just icky uncomfortable things done to one by a wizard? Or maybe it’s for magical rheumatism? I mean, the phrase ‘Wizard Oil’ is inherently hilarious. I feel its potential is wasted here. ^-^

plenilune:

(via f-yeahvictorians)

Shouldn’t this cure, you know, wizardry? Or just icky uncomfortable things done to one by a wizard? Or maybe it’s for magical rheumatism?

I mean, the phrase ‘Wizard Oil’ is inherently hilarious. I feel its potential is wasted here. ^-^

01.03
2013
treselegant: Advertising for ‘CIGARS DE JOY’ for relief of respiratory ailments (!) and ‘Tonga’ for Neuralgia, from The Illustrated London News Christmas Number, 1887.

treselegant:

Advertising for ‘CIGARS DE JOY’ for relief of respiratory ailments (!) and ‘Tonga’ for Neuralgia,

from The Illustrated London News Christmas Number, 1887.


The Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., an Antipodean Tory Gentlemen of profoundly Reactionary Views.