'Shakers' frost extractor. Prepared by Chas. F. Crap, ... Philadelphia – Vintage Wall Art
(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: 'Shakers' frost extractor. Prepared by Chas. F. Crap, ... Philadelphia, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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'Shakers' frost extractor. Prepared by Chas. F. Crap, ... Philadelphia
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Few remedies of the 1860s carried a name as particular as this one: a label for a preparation called Shakers' Frost Extractor, prepared by Chas. F. Crap of Philadelphia and registered under copyright number 962. Patent medicines of the period sold in a crowded market, and makers relied on eye-catching printed labels to set their bottles apart from rivals. Crap's copyright notice shows he sought legal protection for his design, a step that grew more common as proprietary remedies multiplied after the Civil War. Printed material like this is useful today because it shows how medicines were advertised before federal labeling rules took hold in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1866. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Genre | Labels 1860-1870.Prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Copyright by Chas. F. Crap, propr. No. 962. |
| Subjects | Patent medicines--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,351 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179341 |
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