Hood's Sarsaparilla – Vintage Print
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hood's Sarsaparilla
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The caption printed on this 1886 poster, "Lying in Wait," sets it apart from other Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisements, though the record marks that wording as unverified. The product was made by C.I. Hood and Company of Lowell, Massachusetts, which marketed its sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and spent heavily on eye-catching color lithographs. In the 1880s, patent medicine makers relied on posters and trade cards like this one to reach a mass market, and their pictures often blended narrative scenes with a sales pitch.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 106 x 73 cm. |
| Notes | Picture caption: Lying in Wait." This record contains unverified |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,425 × 2,115 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172667 |
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