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19th Century Health and Household

Vintage illustrations representing health-related products like soap and starch, featuring domestic scenes and characters from the 19th century.

Cartoon, There's a German in the next bed. A French soldier needs to ask the nurse for the chamber pot, but doesn't want the German to hear him in case it's sensitive information. A notice on the wall warns that enemy ears are listening. Date: 1916

The Optician - Victorian image of Little Boy and Girl playing Optician and patient

'Old Processee Starchee no goodee' 'It smellee rots & makee shirts yellee', 'I will never use any other but the New Process Starch' , People, Irons Pressing, Laundry, Starch industry, 19th Century American Trade Cards

This is the article that looks so nice Tom and no trouble about it either - David's Prize Soap , Adults, Shirts, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Perry Davis' pain killer for internal and external use. Summer & Winter , Older people, Children, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Does your system need cleansing Parker's Tonic is the best blood purifier you can use - Cures coughs, consumption, asthma by rejuvenating the blood.. Does your system need cleansing Parker's Tonic is the best blood purifier you can use - Cures coughs, consumption, asthma by rejuvenating the blood.

Copco Bath-Soap , Women, Infants, Wash tub, Soaps, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for coughs and all lung diseases. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for coughs and all lung diseases

Promotion for Airmaid Hosiery. ca. 1938, 'I appreciate your prompt service on the lovely box of Airmaids' Call your Drug Store for Airmaid Hosiery and Airmate socks. We have added another service for your convenience--Airmaid Hosiery, sold through drug stores exclusively from coast to coast. This is our invitation for you to come in and see these lovely sheer hose. $0.89, $1.00, $1.15 and $1.35 in 2,3 and 4 threads. Cordially

Cartoon, There's a German in the next bed. A French soldier needs to ask the nurse for the chamber pot, but doesn't want the German to hear him in case it's sensitive information. A notice on the wall warns that enemy ears are listening. Date: 1916

The bloom of health again rests on the cheeks of our darling, thanks to Parker's Tonic , Girls, Dogs, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Ayer's Pills, the best family medicine cure. Sick headache, constipation, dyspepsia and liver troubles. Easy to take.. Ayer's Pills, the best family medicine cure. Sick headache, constipation, dyspepsia and liver troubles. Easy to take.

Get David's Prize Soap if you want to avoid hard labor and save your health and strength in washing besides you may get a small fortune a price into the bargain , Women, Children, Wash tubs, Washboards, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Wells' Health Renewer great tonic & dyspepsia cure.. Wells' Health Renewer great tonic & dyspepsia cure.

Poster, '1936 Health Stamp Campaign', 1936, New Zealand, by B.E. Pike.

The Fort Wayne improved western washer - the latest improved western washer. The Fort Wayne improved western washer - the latest improved western washer

Wells' Health Renewer , People, Rats, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Beauty that is yours sincerely: 1950s electric vibratory massager, claiming to help you keep slim and trim, promotes a healthy scalp, affords relief for tired feet and many muscular aches and pains. Date: 1951

Ayer's Cathartic Pills are sugar-coated. The best family medicine.. Ayer's Cathartic Pills are sugar-coated. The best family medicine.

We are children who cheerfully join the chorus when Packer's Tar soap is the subject before us; Mama tried all the rest, so she knows it's the best, and we laugh with delight when she lathers it o'er us.. We are children who cheerfully join the chorus when Packer's Tar soap is the subject before us; Mama tried all the rest, so she knows it's the best, and we laugh with delight when she lathers it o'er us.

A sure cure for hoarseness - Adamson's Botanic Balsam , Frogs, Patent medicines, Animals in human situations, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Wright's coal tar soap "A picture of health" Everyone admires the lovely natural glow of heath, and no art can imitate it. Yet it is no mere matter of chance. That rosy glow is the result of the healthy action of the skin and perfect cleanliness. Date: 1927

Brown's Household Panacea - the great pain reliever.. Brown's Household Panacea - the great pain reliever.

Use Lautz Bros. & Co's pure and healthy soaps, best in the market.. Use Lautz Bros. & Co's pure and healthy soaps, best in the market.

What are the babies after Lactated Food. , Infants, Food, Beverages, Cats, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Picture series Pierrots cure and recovery, testimony of gratitude, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

'Carmel' is the best soap for baby's bath , Women, Infants, Bathtubs & showers, Soaps, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The Art of Medicine: A seller of quack cures in a medieval town offering bottles of his remedies. Liebig Trade Card c1910. Charlatan

Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dentifrice. Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dentifrice

A comment on Lloyd George's National Insurance Act : a maidservant asks her mistress if she is supposed to stick the insurance stamps on herself... Date: 1911

Picture series The five senses, taste, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900

In the early twentieth century a free National Health Service did not yet exist and the poor could not usually afford medical services. To help address this, the Liberal Government under David Lloyd George introduced the National Insurance Act in 1911. This included maternity benefit of 30 shillings (1.50), as illustrated here in this surprisingly positive political postcard! Date: 1911

H. Kemp-Prossor's colour cure ward for shell shock cases, at McCaul hospital, Welbeck Street Date: 1918

Warner's Safe Cure, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Painting of nurse embracing man,

Out Of Control, Mutoscope Card, 1940s

Hagan's Magnolia Balm, Medical - Dermatolgy

A Scottish sheriff, advertising Sherriffs ointment for skin diseases. Colour lithograph.

Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy.. Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy.

Pond's Extract - ointment, catarrh cure, plaster , Infants, Basins, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Can you give me something to make my husband sleep at night! , Drugstores, Children, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Pharmaceutical advertising Cidangel, thickener medication against the vomiting of infants. 1950s.

Pharmaceutical advertising Vitaglosso, healing ointment with insulin. 1950s.

Can you give me something to make my husband sleep at night! , Drugstores, Children, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A girl playing at being a nurse by rubbing "Vick" ointment on the chest of a doll. Colour lithograph.

Our Mama recommends Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder. The only healthful and sanitary powder endorsed by physicians.. Our Mama recommends Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder. The only healthful and sanitary powder endorsed by physicians.

Taft's Myrrahline, to preserve and beautify the teeth, give healthy tone to the gums, and agreeable fragrances to the breath, Myrrhline is a peerless preparation.. Taft's Myrrahline, to preserve and beautify the teeth, give healthy tone to the gums, and agreeable fragrances to the breath, Myrrhline is a peerless preparation.

T. Hill Mansfield's Capillaris for the hair, scalp & toilet. It has proved itself to be a positive cure for dandruff, falling of the hair, and all scalp diseases.. T. Hill Mansfield's Capillaris for the hair, scalp & toilet. It has proved itself to be a positive cure for dandruff, falling of the hair, and all scalp diseases.

Postcard of a Woman Having Her Tongue Cut Off. ca. 1900-1930, Postcard of a Woman Having Her Tongue Cut Off

Dobbins' medicated toilet soap - Poster showing four well dressed women in a parlor, one of them is holding open a box of "Dobbins' Medicated Toilet Soap." Two of the women are wearing coats and gloves as though they just arrived, the fourth woman is seated holding an open book of sheet music. 18699

Achetez le timbre antituberculeux. A nurse watching children playing outdoors. Translation of title: Buy the tuberculosis stamp.

Dewar's advert shows how whisky can help with the common cold. 'When the flu flew! My medical was right, Dewar's settled it!' Date: 1933

United States Public Health Service circa early 1900s medicines .

Pharmaceutical advertising Acinormal, with belladonna, regulator of gastric secretion. 1950s.

The Servants' Insurance Act - Are we downhearted No! Three housemaids show delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants' Insurance Act, which would make them excempt from contributions toward beneficial health insurance.The Liberal welfare reforms (19061914) were acts of social legislation passed by the British Liberal Party after victory in the 1906 General Election. Date: 1907

Athlo - Ointment for Croup, Cold or Sore Throat, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Domestic Servants Insurance Act "I don't care how often I get hurt now, I am insured." A bandgaged housemaid shows her delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants' Insurance Act, which would make them exempt from contributions toward beneficial health insurance.The Liberal welfare reforms (19061914) were acts of social legislation passed by the British Liberal Party after victory in the 1906 General Election. The pain of of her injuries has been quite alleviated! Date: 1907

Use Carter's Little Nerve Pills, a cure for nervousness and dyspepsia. "Don't be nervous". Use Carter's Little Nerve Pills, a cure for nervousness and dyspepsia. "Don't be nervous"

Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer ('the most successful American remedy') cures all headaches, however caused 1895

The army will make a new man out of you! , Medical examinations, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Can you give me something to make my husband sleep at night! , Drugstores, Children, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Can you give me something to make my husband sleep at night! , Drugstores, Children, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A man demonstrates how to put on a gas mask.

Can you give me something to make my husband sleep at night! , Drugstores, Children, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

'I value my throat . . . that's why I smoke Craven A'. Made specially to prevent sore throats. Date: 1931

Take Schenck's Seaweed Tonic for dyspepsia and debility. , Boys, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Chloroform, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Athlo - Ointment for Croup, Cold or Sore Throat, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Lime Cream, Medical - Dermatolgy

Pharmaceutical advertising Lactipán PP B2, from the Spanish Chemical Institute, for the treatment of intestinal disorders. 1950s.

Children's Cough Mixture, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Zurich Assurance, Anonymous

Pharmaceutical advertising Asmone, soothing and modifier of asthma attacks. 1950s.

Pharmaceutical advertising Bioxurin, medicine against pinworms, parasitic worms that can live in the colon and rectum. 1950s.

Vanishing Cream' is a low- to heavy-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.

One dozen representative babies who take Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. , Infants, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

One dozen representative babies who take Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup.. One dozen representative babies who take Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup.

Dr. R. L. Groshart, Optometrist, 25 Grinnell, Sheridan, Wyo. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

One dozen representative babies who take Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup.. One dozen representative babies who take Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup.

Solution of Formaldehyde, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Startin's Skin Lotion, Medical - Dermatolgy

Advertisement for Wright's Coal Tar soap showing a child in a bath with its nurse passing a bar of the said soap, guaranteed to suit 'the most sensitive skins, even of babies from birth and an ideal soap for nursery use'. Date: 1911

Venereal Diseases - Delay is Dangerous! . Artist: Maurice Bennett Printed By: W.S.C., Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Ministry of Health; Central Council for Health Education. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets. Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets

Pharmaceutical advertising Asmoton, tablets and ampoules for the treatment of allergies. 1950s.

Oh boy!... Did I get a going-over in this joint! , Massage, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Tincture Iodine , Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

'Don't be a afraid to sneeze'! Every grown-up, man and woman alike, should know the value of the Kruschen Habit as a safe, sure simple remedy against all inflammations of which the pus-germ-pace impure, debilited blood - is the specific cause. Date: 1918

Pharmaceutical advertising of the Tractin enzyme preparation, from Hoechst Laboratories. Year 1955.

Robert's French Injection, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Pharmaceutical advertising Ledovit C Syrup, ascorbic acid. 1950s.

Pharmaceutical advertising Bucodrín, oropharyngeal antiseptic. 1950s.

Corrosive sublimate, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Stamp' out tuberculosis circa 1924.

Chloroform, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Eczema Ointment, Medical - Dermatolgy

Progress with American Junior Red Cross, Medical - American Red Cross

Pharmaceutical advertising Tonic Montesfer, for the treatment of cough and cold. 1950s.

Medicate Alcohol, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

Neo-Silvol, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures

The administration of chloroform and of other anaesthetics.

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