Vaseline
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Identifier: 12.1.14.2
Advertisement for Vaseline depicting a man and woman standing by a tree and looking down. She has her left hand on his shoulder and he is holding a leash that is attached to a turtle on the ground. The reverse of the card is printed with the Vaseline poem, The Elixir Vitae. At the bottom are the following Vaseline products: Pure Vaseline (for medicinal use), Pomade Vaseline (for the hair), Vaseline Cold Cream (for the skin), Vaseline Camphor Ice (for chapped skin), Vaseline Toilet Soap, and Vaseline Confections (for coughs).more...
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Advertisement for Vaseline depicting a man and woman standing by a tree and looking down. She has her left hand on his shoulder and he is holding a leash that is attached to a turtle on the ground. The reverse of the card is printed with the Vaseline poem, The Elixir Vitae. At the bottom are the following Vaseline products: Pure Vaseline (for medicinal use), Pomade Vaseline (for the hair), Vaseline Cold Cream (for the skin), Vaseline Camphor Ice (for chapped skin), Vaseline Toilet Soap, and Vaseline Confections (for coughs).
Contributor(s)
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Date
1870 - 1890
Call Number
12.1.14.2
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Health and Medicine
Manufacturing and Business

Subject(s)
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Hair Preparations--therapeutic use
Skin Care
Cough--drug therapy
Advertising as Topic
Patent medicines
Advertising
Location (spatial)
United States--New York (State)--New York (N.Y.)
Location (physical)
Laupus History - Manuscripts
Type
still image
Medium
trade cards (advertising)
Physical Description
Persistent URL
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/20766

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