Gargling oil liniment for man & beast / Merchant's Gargling Oil Company.

Date:
[between 1880 and 1889]
  • Ephemera

About this work

Description

A trade card for Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment, with a colour lithograph by Gies & Co. showing a brown horse, tied to a post, kicking a man with a baseball bat to the ground. The reverse has a list of ailments that Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment is supposed to be good for, and an advertisement for L. B. Atwood of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, dealer in clothing, hats, caps, gents' furnishing goods etc.

Publication/Creation

Lockport, New York : Merchant's Gargling Oil Company, [between 1880 and 1889]
Buffalo, New York : Gies & Co.

Physical description

1 sheet : colour illustrations

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    EPH/343/19

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