Perry Davis' Pain Killer
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Identifier: 12.1.66.2
Advertisement for Perry Davis' Pain Killer depicting an elderly gentleman teacher writing on the blackboard: "Perry Davis' Pain Killer for Internal & External Use Summer & Winter." The teacher has the attention of a boy holding several books in his hand and a little girl holding a doll behind her back. At the bottom left in tiny print is: Copyright, 1891 and on the bottom right is: Donaldson Brothers, N.Y. The reverse of the card states that "Perry Davis' Pain Killer is just what its name implies a killer of pain." Use it for slight ailments, cholera morbus, cramps, bowel troubles, cuts, bruises, and burns.more...
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Advertisement for Perry Davis' Pain Killer depicting an elderly gentleman teacher writing on the blackboard: "Perry Davis' Pain Killer for Internal & External Use Summer & Winter." The teacher has the attention of a boy holding several books in his hand and a little girl holding a doll behind her back. At the bottom left in tiny print is: Copyright, 1891 and on the bottom right is: Donaldson Brothers, N.Y. The reverse of the card states that "Perry Davis' Pain Killer is just what its name implies a killer of pain." Use it for slight ailments, cholera morbus, cramps, bowel troubles, cuts, bruises, and burns.
Contributor(s)
Perry Davis & Son
Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Date
1891 - 1891
Call Number
12.1.66.2
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Laupus Health Sciences History Collections
- Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Health and Medicine
Manufacturing and Business

Subject(s)
Wounds and injuries--drug therapy
Burns--drug therapy
Cholera Morbus--drug therapy
Nonprescription Drugs--History
Advertising as Topic
Patent medicines
Children in advertising
Location (spatial)
United States--Rhode Island--Providence (R.I.)
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/20959

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