Vegetine - the great blood purifier – Historic Reproduction
![Vegetine - the great blood purifier, [18--] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5c/5cab064dfbb1-L.webp)
(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
Vegetine - the great blood purifier comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Vegetine - the great blood purifier
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Few patent medicines were promoted as widely as Vegetine, a sarsaparilla-based tonic sold as a cure-all that purified the blood. This color lithograph is undated in its record and tagged both as a medicine advertisement and as a toy, a reminder of how such remedies reached households through eye-catching cards that people might keep or pass to children. Vegetine was marketed by H. R. Stevens of Boston in the late 19th century, when patent medicine makers relied on bold color and striking pictures to stand out in shops, newspapers and crowded public spaces.
| Created / published | [18--] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Subjects | Samuel Rosenberg Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Adv.--Medicines, Patent; Toys. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,221 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148869 |
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