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1962

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2025

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Trade Card, Advertisement for Patented Medicine

This is a Trade card. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is chromolithograph. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Carol MacDonald. It is credited Gift of Carol MacDonald.

Its dimensions are

Approximately: 16.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Trade Card, Advertisement for Patented Medicine; chromolithograph; Approximately: 16.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.); Gift of Carol MacDonald; 1962-149-11-c

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