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B.L. Fahnestock's vermifuge / designed and engraved by Toppan Carpenter & Co., New York. – Antique Print

B.L. Fahnestock's vermifuge / designed and engraved by Toppan Carpenter & Co., New York., c1858. — antique engraving
B.L. Fahnestock's vermifuge / designed and engraved by Toppan Carpenter & Co., New York., c1858.. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique engraving captures B.L. Fahnestock's vermifuge / designed and engraved by Toppan Carpenter & Co., New York. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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B.L. Fahnestock's vermifuge / designed and engraved by Toppan Carpenter & Co., New York.

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This label advertises B.L. Fahnestock's vermifuge, a remedy for intestinal worms, a common complaint among children in the 1850s. The engraving was made by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. of New York, a firm known for detailed bank notes and commercial printing. Patent medicines of this era depended on eye-catching labels to stand out on crowded pharmacy shelves, and many promised cures that their makers could not back up. The label offers a useful look at how medicine makers used fine engraving to suggest reliability.

Created / publishedc1858.
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreLabels 1850-1860.Engravings 1850-1860.
NotesNo. 23(?).
SubjectsChildren--Health & welfare--1850-1860. Patent medicines--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,298 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179340

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