Patent Medicine Trade Cards, [between 1870 and 1906?]
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Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
- Dates:
- [between 1870 and 1906?]
- Abstract:
- The trade cards are small, colorfully illustrated advertising cards touting a particular medicine and its many cures. The illustrations often have little to do with any of the ailments purported to be cured. They were pure advertising and very collectible.
- Extent:
- 247 prints (trade cards)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Patent Medicine Trade Cards. History & Special Collections for the Sciences, UCLA Library Special Collections.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A collection of 247 patent medicine trade cards. Patent medicines were medical compounds sold under a variety of names and labels, though they were for the most part actually trademarked medicines, not patented. The trade cards are small, colorfully illustrated advertising cards touting a particular medicine and its many cures. The era of patent medicine began to unravel in the U.S. with the passage of the first Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
- Processing information:
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-05-05 10:14:08 -0700 .
Access and use
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Patent Medicine Trade Cards. History & Special Collections for the Sciences, UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Location of this collection:
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Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-6940