]> urn:hdl:loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002003 Patent medicine labels and advertisements (Library of Congress) Prepared by Prints & Photographs Division staff Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540
2002 Finding aid converted by Prints & Photographs Division staff June 2002 Collection Summary Patent medicine labels and advertisements ca. 1830-1895 LOT 10632 ca. 420 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 33 x 43 cm. or smaller. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
 These patent medicine labels and advertisements depict various subjects while advertising nineteenth century medicines.

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Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.

 Subjects: Indians of North America--1830-1900. Animals--1830-1900. Children--1830-1900. Flowers--1830-1900. Hair preparations--1830-1900. Healing--1830-1900. Patent medicines--1830-1900. Plants--1830-1900. Sick persons--1830-1900. Supernatural beings--1830-1900. Symbols--1830-1900. Quacks--1830-1900. Women--1830-1900. Genres: Portrait prints--1830-1900. Genre prints--1830-1900. Engravings--1830-1900. Etchings--1830-1900. Lithographs--1830-1900. Labels--1830-1900. Advertisements--1830-1900. Administrative Information Provenance

Copyright deposit; ca.1840-ca.1900.

 Restrictions

No known restrictions on publication.

 Additional form available

Digitized images of some items in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, by searching using the call number "LOT 10632."

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.

 Organized/Arranged

Sorted into forty-two subject categories.

 Container List for Patent medicine labels and advertisements Subject Category No. of items Call no. 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