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Field name | Value |
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Title | Faricum Cough Drops - All Public Speakers and Actors Use Them |
Reference | 1989-8-69 |
Library | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Collection | The William H. Helfand Collection, 1989 |
Date | 1880s |
Place of Creation | New York, USA |
Document Type | Trade Card |
Theme(s) | General Cures |
Keywords | cough, voice, bronchitis, respiration |
Parts of the Body | throat |
Additional Information | The images on trade cards for the three Faricum specialties illustrate one of the staples of pharmaceutical advertising, and one that has been adopted so successfully by television: the before-and-after picture. By applying Faricum Cough Drops, an actress is able to go on stage. William H. Helfand, from 'The Picture of Health: Images of Medicine and Pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection' (1991), p. 109. |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's catalogue. |
Visual Content | View thumbnails |
Copyright | Philadelphia Museum of Art |