Soft, cohesive substance intended for chewing but not swallowing

concept

A baby's dummy (pacifier) and a condom beside a packet of Stimorol chewing gum representing useful products all made from 'rubber'; advertising condoms. Colour lithograph.

[Leaflet advertising Rio Trading Company (Health) Ltd.'s Rio Amazon Guarana tablets, chewing gum and cereal bars : Make more out of every day of your life.].

A comparative advertisement for the benefits of Stimorol chewing gum and condoms featuring a figure standing far left blowing a bubble with one foot resting against the picture border; he looks out at a landscape featuring an eye, a lake, a volcano spurting out hearts with two people running towards each other, and a pair of lips; with a packet of 'stimorol' chewing gum next to a condom in the sky. Colour lithograph.

Two men wearing dresses in a garden: one is handing the other sticks of chewing gum as an alternative to gossip. Colour process print, 1915.

Penicillin chewing gum A&H / maintains prolonged local concentration.

As seen on TV : cut down with Nicorette then stop ... / Pfizer.

Penicillin chewing gum A&H : maintains prolonged local concentration in the treatment of infections of the mouth ... / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

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Chewing Gum

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Images referencing Chewing Gum

Works from the collections

As seen on TV : cut down with Nicorette then stop ... / Pfizer.

Penicillin chewing gum A&H : maintains prolonged local concentration in the treatment of infections of the mouth ... / Allen & Hanburys Ltd.

Two men wearing dresses in a garden: one is handing the other sticks of chewing gum as an alternative to gossip. Colour process print, 1915.

A baby's dummy (pacifier) and a condom beside a packet of Stimorol chewing gum representing useful products all made from 'rubber'; advertising condoms. Colour lithograph.