Monday, July 18, 2011

Hunt's Remedy Cures Dropsy

Here's a trade card from the late 1870s to early 1880s.



You can read all about William E. Clarke, Proprietor and Hunt's Remedy here.
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9 comments:

  1. Alan BurnettJuly 18, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    Send a pint over as a matter of urgency

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  2. Cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.comJuly 18, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Love the drawing! Looks quite modern.

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  3. Lisa BJuly 18, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    great illustration!

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  4. Tattered and LostJuly 18, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Whoa!!!!!! Beating back death and time. That's got to be some med!

    And I found this link about William E. Clarke:

    http://www.littlerhodybottleclub.org/research/clarkewme.html

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  5. Postcard RoundupJuly 18, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    That image of a man being pestered by "death" reminds me of an old German woodcut. Neat-o!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 18, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Wow, he's really wailing on Father Time! This is a great illustration. It cures diseases of the kidneys, liver, bladder AND urinary organs? What might they be alluding to?

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  7. Archie TechtJuly 18, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    I'm gonna get me a bottle of that sauce so I can slip into some pink boxers and go all Rambo on the grim reaper too! It seems to cure everything- 'complaints of the urino-genital organs' intrigues me the most, frankly- didn't people ever get sued for false advertising with stuff like this??

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  8. JanineJuly 19, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    Die Medizine kann offensichtlich Tod und Teufel vertreiben, davon hätte ich auch gern ein Fläschchen.
    Danke für deinen netten Kommentar.
    Ich wohne in einem kleinen Ort, der durch Landwirtschaft und Bergbeu geprägt war. Die nächste größere Stadt ist das altehrwürdige Aachen mit seiner 2000 jährigen Geschichte und ca. 250.000 Einwohnern.
    Du siehst, so richtig groß ist das auch nicht.
    Aber grade richtig.
    Aachen grenzt an Belgien und den Niederlanden und in meinem Ort gibt es eine lange Straße die die Grenze zu Holland bildet, die eine Fahrbahn ist in Deutschland und die andere in Holland und dazwischen gibt es keine Maueren und Grenzsteine mehr.
    Das finde ich sehr schön.

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  9. GadgetSponge.comJuly 26, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    I love the tagline "Never Known To Fail." Did their lawyer come up with that one?

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