Phytoline: A Powerful Anti-Fat advertisement, Walker Pharmacal Co., St. Louis – Antique Wall Art
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This historic image of Phytoline: A Powerful Anti-Fat advertisement, Walker Pharmacal Co., St. Louis brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Phytoline: A Powerful Anti-Fat advertisement, Walker Pharmacal Co., St. Louis
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Phytoline was sold as an anti-fat remedy, and this advertisement from Walker Pharmacal Co. of St. Louis puts that promise front and center. Patent medicines marketed for weight loss were common in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and St. Louis was a busy center of the proprietary medicine trade. Such ads relied on bold headlines and confident claims rather than clinical evidence, and they played on readers' anxieties about their appearance. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 later required accurate labeling of ingredients, which pushed many makers to temper or drop unsupported claims.
| Original scan | 615 × 901 px |
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| Reference | 927 |
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