Hoofland's Celebrated German Tonic advertising poster – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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This vintage poster of Hoofland's Celebrated German Tonic advertising poster brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hoofland's Celebrated German Tonic advertising poster
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Hoofland's German Bitters was one of the most widely advertised patent medicines of the nineteenth century, and this poster is a reminder of how aggressively such tonics were sold. Its label promised a cure-all for weak digestion, nervousness and general debility, claims that were never backed by the kind of testing later required of drugs. Patent medicine makers like Charles Jacob Hoofland's successors relied on bold color lithography, testimonials and repeated display to build brand recognition, and posters like this one were pasted on walls, fences and shop windows across American towns. Today the piece is useful for seeing both the commercial art of the period and the thin line between remedy and salesmanship.
| Original scan | 7,939 × 11,161 px · prints to 26 × 37 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif09335_HooflandscelebratedGermantonic |
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