"A Personal Message to You" -- Advertising Family Medicines to Housewives
Chicago, Illinois: Snyder Products Co, 1930s. A pocket-sized trade catalogue, probably distributed at the local pharmacy, advertising family medicines to housewives. Includes nearly thirty-two pages of products, each described with pricing, model numbers, and most with illustrations. Products range from douche powders and vaginal suppositories for birth control ("No careful modern woman, once she has used this dainty, inconspicuous, efficient antiseptic, will ever be without them", p. 6) to pain relief tablets, foot salve, hair tonic, face creams, and "Runproof" glue to prevent runs in stockings.
Recent ink manuscript to upper wrapper ("Modern Museum Piece"). Very good. Minor toning.
Price: $175.00
Item #26001443