Dr. Wieland's celebrated sugar worm lozenges / A. Kollner's Lithy. Phila. – Historic Reproduction
(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 historic print of Dr. Wieland's celebrated sugar worm lozenges / A. Kollner's Lithy. Phila.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dr. Wieland's celebrated sugar worm lozenges / A. Kollner's Lithy. Phila.
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Few products of the 1850s were marketed as directly to parents as Dr. Wieland's sugar worm lozenges, which promised to rid children of intestinal worms in a form they would willingly swallow. Mid-century patent medicines often sold on bold claims and eye-catching wrappers, and a label like this one was meant to win over a shopkeeper or a household at a glance. The print was drawn on stone by A. Kollner, a Philadelphia lithographer, at a time when that city's shops produced much of the country's commercial printing. The copyright notice in the record shows that Wieland guarded his design, a sign of how much a recognizable label could be worth in a crowded market.
| Created / published | c1856. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Genre | Labels 1850-1860.Prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Copyright by C.F. Wieland. No. 264. |
| Subjects | Patent medicines--1850-1860. Industry--1850-1860. Domestic life--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,301 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179338 |
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