Collection Summary
Patent medicine labels and
advertisements ca.
1830-1895
ca. 1830-1895
LOT 10632
ca. 420 prints : engravings, etchings,
lithographs, b&w and color ; 33 x 43 cm. or smaller.
English
Collection material in English
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
These patent medicine labels and
advertisements depict various subjects while advertising nineteenth century
medicines.
Provenance
Copyright deposit; ca.1840-ca.1900.
Rights Restrictions
No known restrictions on publication.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to research.
Requesting Materials
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obtaining copies, see "[Information for
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Online Content
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Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
LOT 10632, Patent medicine labels and advertisements, Prints & Photographs
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
Examples of topics depicted include American Indians, animals, children, flowers,
medicinal plants, mythological characters, people taking or administering
medications, sick and cured people, symbols, and women. Also includes genre prints,
portraits of product promoters or developers.
Arrangement
Sorted into forty-two subject categories.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Subjects
Animals--1830-1900.
Children--1830-1900.
Flowers--1830-1900.
Hair preparations--1830-1900.
Healing--1830-1900.
Indians of North America--1830-1900.
Patent medicines--1830-1900.
Plants--1830-1900.
Quacks--1830-1900.
Sick persons--1830-1900.
Supernatural beings--1830-1900.
Symbols--1830-1900.
Women--1830-1900.
Form/Genre
Advertisements--1830-1900.
Engravings--1830-1900.
Etchings--1830-1900.
Genre prints--1830-1900.
Labels--1830-1900.
Lithographs--1830-1900.
Portrait prints--1830-1900.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/2002696083]
Container List
Angels
6 items
LOT 10632-1
Bible illustration, etc.
4 items
LOT 10632-2
Bicycles & tricycles
1 item
LOT 10632-3
Caricatures & cartoons
10 items
LOT 10632-4
Children
8 items
LOT 10632-5
Civil War soldiers
1 item
LOT 10632-6
Cows & horses
19 items
LOT 10632-7
Crests, seals, symbols
6 items
LOT 10632-8
Disease (woman shown before & after treatment)
1 item
LOT 10632-9
Eagles
6 items
LOT 10632-10
Egyptian motif
1 item
LOT 10632-11
Europe/East India
4 items
LOT 10632-12
Fairies
1 item
LOT 10632-13
Far East (Japan/China)
3 items
LOT 10632-14
Father Knickerbocker
1 item
LOT 10632-15
Flag (U.S.)
2 items
LOT 10632-16
Florida water
4 items
LOT 10632-17
Flowers, fruit, trees
13 items
LOT 10632-18
Hairdressing products
14 items
LOT 10632-19
Harpist
1 item
LOT 10632-20
Heart & lungs
1 item
LOT 10632-21
Indians
18 items
LOT 10632-22
Knight wearing armor
1 item
LOT 10632-23
Laboratory for making magnetic remedies
1 item
LOT 10632-24
Medical instrument (inhaling tube)
1 item
LOT 10632-25
Medical instrument (magnetic cap)
1 item
LOT 10632-26
Mothers & children
5 items
LOT 10632-27
Mythology (mermaids, unicorns, gods)
8 items
LOT 10632-28
Niagara Fall, N.Y.
1 item
LOT 10632-29a
Congress Spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
1 item
LOT 10632-29b
Nursing to the sick (people taking elixirs)
(3 folders) 21 items
LOT 10632-30
Phoenix
3 items
LOT 10632-31
Portraits: doctors, inventors
(5 folders) 44 items
LOT 10632-32
Print labels (no illustrations)
ca. 170 items
LOT 10632-33
Rhode Island
4 items
LOT 10632-34
Saint George and the dragon
2 items
LOT 10632-35
Scenes (genre views)
7 items
LOT 10632-36
South America
1 item
LOT 10632-37
Stores, factories, warehouses
9 items
LOT 10632-38
Transporation
1 item
LOT 10632-39
Women (sentimental)
12 items
LOT 10632-40
Zouaves
3 items
LOT 10632-41
Miscellany
6 items
LOT 10632-42