Allcock's porous plasters. The race for the cup - the winner coming home – Historic 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.)
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A window into the past: Allcock's porous plasters. The race for the cup - the winner coming home, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Allcock's porous plasters. The race for the cup - the winner coming home
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An advertising poster for Allcock's porous plasters presents a cup race and shows its winner coming home, tying a patent medicine to the excitement of athletic competition. The record dates it to about 1887 and notes that it was deposited for copyright, a common step for commercial color prints of the period. Victorian makers of proprietary remedies often borrowed images of sport and outdoor vigor to suggest health and renewed strength. The caption information comes from an older card and has not been verified, so the specific race and its location remain open questions.
| Created / published | c1887. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 51 x 35 cm. |
| Notes | Copyright deposit. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,061 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172660 |
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