Mentholatum advertising card: colds and sore throats – Historic Print
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Mentholatum advertising card: colds and sore throats comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mentholatum advertising card: colds and sore throats
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Mentholatum was a salve that its makers marketed as a remedy for colds, chapped skin and sore throats, and this card shows how that pitch was delivered to the public. Trade and household advertising cards like this one were handed out in shops and tucked into magazines, so they reached ordinary families before mass radio and television existed. Their bright lithography and short slogans were designed to be kept on a shelf or stuck to a mirror, which makes them useful today for seeing how patent medicines promised quick relief from everyday ailments.
| Original scan | 800 × 445 px |
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| Reference | 730 |
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