Vaseline
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Identifier: 12.1.14.7
Advertisement for Vaseline depicting two dogs gnawing on shoes and one dog with its hind legs in a hat. A card in the upper right corner reads: Vaseline. Chesebrough Man'f'g Co. and addresses in New York, London, and Montreal. The reverse of the card displays a poem written in honor of "The Elixir Vitae". At the bottom are listed: Pure Vaseline (for medicinal use), Pomade Vaseline (for the hair), Vaseline Cold Cream (for skin), Vaseline Camphor Ice (for chapped skin), Vaseline Toilet Soap, and Vaseline Confections (for internal use).more...
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Advertisement for Vaseline depicting two dogs gnawing on shoes and one dog with its hind legs in a hat. A card in the upper right corner reads: Vaseline. Chesebrough Man'f'g Co. and addresses in New York, London, and Montreal. The reverse of the card displays a poem written in honor of "The Elixir Vitae". At the bottom are listed: Pure Vaseline (for medicinal use), Pomade Vaseline (for the hair), Vaseline Cold Cream (for skin), Vaseline Camphor Ice (for chapped skin), Vaseline Toilet Soap, and Vaseline Confections (for internal use).
Contributor(s)
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Date
1870 - 1890
Call Number
12.1.14.7
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Health and Medicine
Manufacturing and Business

Subject(s)
Hair Preparations--therapeutic use
Skin Care
Pharyngitis--drug therapy
Skin Diseases--drug therapy
Ointments--therapeutic use
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Advertising as Topic
Soaps
Patent medicines
Dogs in 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/20874

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