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118 images from works
  • Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil : you may want it / [Foster, Milburn & Co.].
  • Surgical instruments, including lancets, saws and forceps, made by Isaac Grenier; advertising his goods for sale. Etching by H. Neutte [?], 1698.
  • Yours for purity : Slade's spices / D. & L. Slade Co.
  • Walter A. Walling, registered pharmacist : Providence R.I / Walter A. Walling.
  • A. Winter & Sons, confectioners & pastry cooks, &c. : 177 Snargate Street, Dover : ball-suppers & routs attended & supplied : established 1795.
  • Old Calabar dog biscuits : allegro : à tout vitesse.
  • Old Calabar dog biscuits : allegro : à tout vitesse.
  • Estampes, affiches, dessins originaux, tableaux / Pierrefort.
  • Il mercato a Nertchinsk : al lago Baikai : Tungoso coi pattini / Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Limited.
  • Lactart acid of milk makes a delicious beverage : with water and sugar only / Avery Lactate Co.
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  • Royal Baths. Shampooing, Turkish Medicated, Vapour, Sulphur, Barege, Tepid & Shower.

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133 works

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : cures all diseases of the stomach, liver & blood : small doses, prompt effect.

    | Date: [1879?]
    • Ephemera

    Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable compound... : is a positive cure for all those painful complaints and weaknesses so common to our best female population / Lydia E. Pinkham.

    Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company. | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
    • Ephemera

    Eastmans fine perfumes : best in the world / Gleaves Bros.

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1889]
    • Ephemera

    Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer : prevents gray hairs and baldness / R.P. Hall & Co.

    R.P. Hall & Company (Nashua, N.H.) | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Estampes, affiches, dessins originaux, tableaux / Pierrefort.

    Pierrefort (Firm) | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
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Related topics

Hairdressing
Wigs
Nostrums
Dyspepsia
Analgesics
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Common Cold
Shampoos
Constipation
Antitussive Agents

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