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. Below this is the name and address of Samuel L. Lord's apothecary in Maine.

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.
Printed on the reverse: Samuel L. Lord, Apothecary, 50 Main Street, Saco, Me.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    EPH/343/14

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