Dr. M.A. Simmons liver medicine – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Dr. M.A. Simmons liver medicine. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Dr. M.A. Simmons liver medicine
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Few patent medicines of the late 1800s were advertised as boldly as Dr. M.A. Simmons Liver Medicine, and this chromolithograph shows how the product was pitched to the public. The large sheet, dated 1886 and credited to the St. Louis and New York firm A. Gast Bank-Note & Lithographing Co., displays the multicolor printing that let manufacturers turn advertising into eye-catching display pieces. Like many proprietary remedies of the era, Simmons's tonic was sold on promises to relieve liver complaints and digestive troubles without a physician's involvement. Such posters now show how medicine, commerce and mass printing overlapped before federal food and drug rules tightened.
| Created / published | St. Louis & NY : A. Gast Bank-Note & Lith. Co., 1886. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph ; 41 5/8 x 27 3/4 in. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gast. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,938 × 8,803 px · prints to 20 × 29 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif07841_DrMASimmonslivermedicine |
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