http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/organizations/US-dlcpp http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002003.2 02978ckc a2200625 a 4500 20102522012538.5 020409i18301895xxunnn | kneng 2002696083 i 1830/1895 LOT 10632 Patent medicine labels and advertisements (Library of Congress) [graphic] : pictorial americana. EAD master sort node: @alpha_character^p^@alpha_srt^patent^@title^Patent Medicine Labels and Advertisements^@href^http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002003^@aggregate^pp^@ead_file_name^pp002003.xml^@eadid^pp002003^ ca. 420 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 33 x 43 cm. or smaller. These patent medicine labels and advertisements depict various subjects while advertising nineteenth century medicines. Indians of North America 1830-1900. Animals 1830-1900. lctgm Children 1830-1900. lctgm Flowers 1830-1900. lctgm Hair preparations 1830-1900. lctgm Healing 1830-1900. lctgm Patent medicines 1830-1900. lctgm Plants 1830-1900. lctgm Sick persons 1830-1900. lctgm Supernatural beings 1830-1900. lctgm Symbols 1830-1900. lctgm Quacks 1830-1900. lctgm Women 1830-1900. lctgm Portrait prints 1830-1900. gmgpc Genre prints 1830-1900. gmgpc Engravings 1830-1900. gmgpc Etchings 1830-1900. gmgpc Lithographs 1830-1900. gmgpc Labels 1830-1900. gmgpc Advertisements 1830-1900. gmgpc Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division EAD http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002003 EAD PDF http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002003.3 LCCN Permalink http://lccn.loc.gov/2002696083 Reading Room http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/ XML http://findingaids.loc.gov/source/main#pp002003 EAD METS http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002003.4 pp/ead http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002003 Patent medicine labels and advertisements (Library of Congress) Prepared by Prints & Photographs Division staff Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540
2002

Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2002696083

Finding aid converted by Prints & Photographs Division staff June 2002 2004-06-10 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Collection Summary Patent medicine labels and advertisements ca. 1830-1895 LOT 10632 ca. 420 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 33 x 43 cm. or smaller. Prints & Photographs Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
These patent medicine labels and advertisements depict various subjects while advertising nineteenth century medicines.

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Collection material in English Selected Search Terms

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 Subjects Animals--1830-1900. Children--1830-1900. Flowers--1830-1900. Hair preparations--1830-1900. Healing--1830-1900. Indians of North America--1830-1900. Patent medicines--1830-1900. Plants--1830-1900. Quacks--1830-1900. Sick persons--1830-1900. Supernatural beings--1830-1900. Symbols--1830-1900. Women--1830-1900. Form/Genre Advertisements--1830-1900. Engravings--1830-1900. Etchings--1830-1900. Genre prints--1830-1900. Labels--1830-1900. Lithographs--1830-1900. Portrait prints--1830-1900. Administrative Information Provenance

Copyright deposit; ca.1840-ca.1900.

 Restrictions

No known restrictions on publication.

 Additional form available

Digitized images of some items in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, by searching using the call number "LOT 10632."

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: LOT 10632, Patent medicine labels and advertisements, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

 Scope and Content Note

Examples of topics depicted include American Indians, animals, children, flowers, medicinal plants, mythological characters, people taking or administering medications, sick and cured people, symbols, and women. Also includes genre prints, portraits of product promoters or developers.

 Organized/Arranged

Sorted into forty-two subject categories.

 http://lccn.loc.gov/2002696083 Container List Subject Category No. of items Call no. Angels 6 items LOT 10632-1 Bible illustration, etc. 4 items LOT 10632-2 Bicycles & tricycles 1 item LOT 10632-3 Caricatures & cartoons 10 items LOT 10632-4 Children 8 items LOT 10632-5 Civil War soldiers 1 item LOT 10632-6 Cows & horses 19 items LOT 10632-7 Crests, seals, symbols 6 items LOT 10632-8 Disease (woman shown before & after treatment) 1 item LOT 10632-9 Eagles 6 items LOT 10632-10 Egyptian motif 1 item LOT 10632-11 Europe/East India 4 items LOT 10632-12 Fairies 1 item LOT 10632-13 Far East (Japan/China) 3 items LOT 10632-14 Father Knickerbocker 1 item LOT 10632-15 Flag (U.S.) 2 items LOT 10632-16 Florida water 4 items LOT 10632-17 Flowers, fruit, trees 13 items LOT 10632-18 Hairdressing products 14 items LOT 10632-19 Harpist 1 item LOT 10632-20 Heart & lungs 1 item LOT 10632-21 Indians 18 items LOT 10632-22 Knight wearing armor 1 item LOT 10632-23 Laboratory for making magnetic remedies 1 item LOT 10632-24 Medical instrument (inhaling tube) 1 item LOT 10632-25 Medical instrument (magnetic cap) 1 item LOT 10632-26 Mothers & children 5 items LOT 10632-27 Mythology (mermaids, unicorns, gods) 8 items LOT 10632-28 Niagara Fall, N.Y. 1 item LOT 10632-29a Congress Spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 1 item LOT 10632-29b Nursing to the sick (people taking elixirs) (3 folders) 21 items LOT 10632-30 Phoenix 3 items LOT 10632-31 Portraits: doctors, inventors (5 folders) 44 items LOT 10632-32 Print labels (no illustrations) ca. 170 items LOT 10632-33 Rhode Island 4 items LOT 10632-34 Saint George and the dragon 2 items LOT 10632-35 Scenes (genre views) 7 items LOT 10632-36 South America 1 item LOT 10632-37 Stores, factories, warehouses 9 items LOT 10632-38 Transporation 1 item LOT 10632-39 Women (sentimental) 12 items LOT 10632-40 Zouaves 3 items LOT 10632-41 Miscellany 6 items LOT 10632-42