Carlsbad Sprudel Salt advertisement with winged angel and cherubs – Vintage Print
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This historic image of Carlsbad Sprudel Salt advertisement with winged angel and cherubs brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Carlsbad Sprudel Salt advertisement with winged angel and cherubs
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Carlsbad Sprudel Salt, the mineral salt sold from the Bohemian spa town now called Karlovy Vary, is the subject here, and the advertisement leans on a winged angel and a pair of cherubs to lend it an air of heavenly well-being. Spa towns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries marketed their waters as cures for digestive and circulatory complaints, and bottled salts like this one carried that reputation into pharmacies and homes far from the springs. Advertisers of the period often borrowed classical and religious imagery to suggest purity and restoration, so the figures are as much the message as the product. Look closely at how the cherubs are posed around the packaging, since the composition tells you how the maker wanted buyers to feel about a home remedy.
| Original scan | 608 × 852 px |
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| Reference | 272 |
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