Health & Welfare
Graphic Design, Medication, Social and Cultural History
Japan: 1920s-1930s. This group of 14 vividly illustrated medicine packets designed for the Japanese market. Besides the printed product information,the imagery is often relevant to the ailment depicting coughing, holding an aching head or tooth or a demon taking hold of or seizing the body. The little packet with a......
Price: $350.00
AIDS, HIV, AIDs epidemic, informational pamphlets, health, social services,
Boston, MA: AIDS Action Committee, [1985]. A pair of pamphlets, entitled "What Do We Know About AIDS?" and "Guidelines for AIDS Risk Reduction - Update", both produced by the AIDS Action Committee, now known as AIDS Action. Original formed by Fenway Community Health as a response to the AIDS epidemic.....
Price: $125.00
Asthma, Pulmonary, antispasmodic medicines
Meadville, Pennsylvania: Dr. J.D. Stoneroad & Co., c.1889. Advertising flyer (8.75" by 5.5") for Sozone, an antispasmodic for the treatment of asthma as well as "spasmodic croup, whooping cough, or hacking cough of phthisis, and in all spasmodic cases where the pneumogastric nerve is involved" (verso). On the recto is.....
Price: $125.00
antacid, advertisement, health & welfare, medicine
Toronto, Canada: Carter, Cummings, & Co., c1920. An advertisement for Al-Caroid, which was an antacid containing the vegetable digestive ferment caroid. One side of the ad has a color illustration depicting the antacid being mixed into a class of water, with the caption "flavor unusually pleasing, no sickly alkaline taste".....
Price: $125.00
Public Health, Hygiene
[Worcester, Massachusetts?]: c1920. Small broadside (11" by 5.25", verso blank) promoting a lecture by a physician, Dr. Dart, "Upon the Subject of Dirt & Contagion, at the Baptist Church. He will show you what causes Diphtheria, Fevers, and all contagious diseases; that myriads of Organic Germs causing disease are contained.....
Price: $175.00
Water Cures, Patent Medicine, Hidden Message, Paper with a Secret
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, c.1900. Advertising card for Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, with a humorous image of two men on the recto alongside bold claims for the water's efficacy as a cure-all: "It is a sure cure for Dyspepsia, Liver and Kidney Complaints, and other Chronic Diseases". On.....
Price: $115.00
fire, fire safety, french canadian, kitchen fire, cooking, public works, government, death, mortality
Quebec, Canada: Ministry of Public Works, 1940s. A fire-safety postcard distributed by the Ministry of Public Works in Quebec. The blotter is specifically warning against cooking fires. On the right side of the postcard is a black and white illustration of a woman cooking on the stove as she appears.....
Price: $55.00
Fraternal Organization, Ethnic Based Unionism, Trade Association, Ceremonial Attire
Covington, KY: c1900. A 14" x 15 1/2" printed ceremonial apron depicting a butcher's tools - sharpening steel, cleaver, knife and saw. It is captioned Deutscher Metzger Verein (German Butcher Association) Covington, Kenton Co., KY. The association members would march in full butcher uniform, including their ceremonial apron for convention.....
Price: $550.00
mineral spring, sulfur springs, baths, sanitarium, health resort, spa
Dillsboro, IN: The Dillsboro Sanitarium, [1915]. An advertising booklet for the Dillsboro Sanitarium, a health resort, established in 1912 that used mineral springs to cure a variety of ailments. On of their advertised 'secret of out treatment' was elimination, as the mineral water had laxative properties. This particular side effect.....
Price: $75.00
Medicine and Advertising, Marketing to Domestic Workers, Home Medicines
Atlanta, Georgia: Dr. H.H. Green's Sons, c1912. Booklet advertising Dr. Green's Sons' remedy for dropsy, including a summary of the company, description of the affliction, several testimonials, and a mail-in order form with health questionnaire. Also includes several blank pages of lined paper for notes, and tips for domestic workers.....
Price: $95.00
social welfare, child welfare, charity, business history
Scranton, PA: Republican Job Printing House, 1877. The fifth annual report for the Home for the Friendless Women and Children of the City of Scranton. The book starts off by listing the coming year's, 1877, list of officers, managers, auditors, and Advisory Committee Members, before continuing on to the Home's.....
Price: $125.00
health & welfare, nutrition, dental health, medicine, educational
New York City, NY: Department of Health & Board of Education, [1930]. This booklet was provided to parents of students in the New York City School System, as a means of education them and their children on proper dental health and nutrition. It was intended for students older than Pre.....
Price: $125.00
Menopause, Sexual Health and Education
Princeton, New Jersey: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1985. An educational booklet for women approaching menopause. Includes a general overview, along with more detailed information about its physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms and effects. It closes with a description of how to manage symptoms medically. Interestingly, the booklet has a section titled.....
Price: $150.00
Froebel Kindergarten, History of New York, Social Work, Public Health and Hygiene
New York, New York: Bloomingdale Neighborhood Association, 1908. Fourth Annual Report of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood Association, featuring a photograph on the upper wrapper of over a dozen schoolchildren and their social workers in front of the Bloomingdale Guild. The organization's purpose was "To raise higher educational and social ideals"; "To.....
Price: $150.00
Pulmonary diseases, Inhalers, medical advertising, Anglo-German, Patent medicines
Vincennes, Indiana: Cushman Drug Company, c.1900. Printed flyer (10.75" by 3.75") advertising Cushman's Menthol Inhaler, with list of afflictions its treats (including headache, catarrh, Hay Fever, asthma, toothaches, seasickness, and even "Insomnia and Nervousness") and directions for use "by the Nose" and "by the Mouth". Interestingly, the verso is printed.....
Price: $75.00
sulfur springs, resort, health resort
Greenbrier County, WV: Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Company, 1890. An investment brochure for The Greenbrier, a luxury health resort owned by the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Company. The resort is located in Greenbrier Country, WV, and was "styled as the Baden-Baden of America" (Baden is a famous spa town in.....
Price: $175.00
Diets and Dieting, Nutrition, Societal Pressures
United States: 1939-c.1970. A group of eight (8) items relating to women's weight loss and dieting in the United States, 1939-c.1970. All are marketed to women, and include basic nutrition information, recipes, and tips for those looking to "reduce" through dieting. Calorie counting is a major theme, as well as.....
Price: $350.00
spa, tan, tanning beds, casino, hotel
Atlantic City, NJ: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, [1930]. A single fold flyer, done in an art deco style, advertising Haddon Hall, a spa apart of the casino and resort known as Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. The cover of the flyer features a sun with its rays of light shinning down on two figures- a......
Price: $75.00
health & welfare, first aid, Lysol, advertising, propaganda, women's work, nursing, housewife, military history, WWII, homefront, patriotism
Bloomfield, NJ: Lehn & Fink Products Corp. 1941. The Home Defense Course was broken up into three lessons: 1. How to Wage War on Germs, 2. Nursing and Sick Room Care, 3. First Aid. The whole booklet has a patriotic theme, evidence by not only the covers, which have be.....
Price: $175.00
Public Health, Breast Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland: American Cancer Society, c.1975. Printed tri-fold pamphlet (9" by 3.75" folded) with an illustrated three-step guide to performing a self breast exam. Encourages the reader to perform a self examination monthly, and details warning signs and what to do if a lump is located. Includes black ink.....
Price: $85.00
Springs, Taking the waters, Health and wellness, Geology, mineral water, Diet and Nutrition
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Crazy Water Hotel Company, 1933. A pamphlet advertising the laxative Crazy Water Crystals, with directions for use and a special emphasis on proper diet. The pamphlet not-so-subtly begins with a disclaimer ("Do not expect a miracle ... Do not be alarmed if the first reaction from your.....
Price: $200.00
Diet and nutrition, healthy habits, advertisements
1920s. Colorful advertising pamphlet for Magic Yeast, a "corrective food" that "relieves constipation and removes the causes of boils, pimples, auto-intoxication, etc." Marketed towards women and housewives, it includes testimonials from women who used and benefitted from Magic Yeast, as well as recipes using the product (Parkerhouse Rolls, White Bread.....
Price: $100.00
Colonics, Health and wellness, Public health, Proprietary medicines, Constipation
New York: Tyrell's Hygienic Institute, 1917. Printed promotional pamphlet with over one hundred thirty testimonials lauding the effectiveness of the J.B.L Cascade treatment (a proprietary colonic) in treating or curing afflictions ranging from acne and heartburn to Bright's Disease and Malaria. Titled "Leaves of Gold", the pamphlet is not shy.....
Price: $150.00
Springs, Taking the Waters, Geology, Mineral Water, Health and Wellness Tourism
Saratoga Springs, New York: Lincoln Spring Co., c.1900. Illustrated advertising pamphlet for "America's Greatest Water", sourced from Saratoga Springs "with its remarkable cluster of mineral fountains and invigorating climate". Includes photographs of the Lincoln Spring Plant's grounds, bottling department, engine room, and a horse and buggy getting ready to ship.....
Price: $150.00