Mentholine and Genuine Japanese Camphor patent medicine advertisements – Historic Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Mentholine and Genuine Japanese Camphor patent medicine advertisements. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Mentholine and Genuine Japanese Camphor patent medicine advertisements
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Mentholine and Genuine Japanese Camphor were two patent medicines sold to American consumers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when makers rarely had to prove their claims before putting a product on the shelf. Patent medicine advertising of this kind leaned on bold promises of relief for headaches, colds and rheumatism, often paired with testimonials and eye-catching typography. Worth noticing here is how the ad sells a remedy as much as a sense of modern, scientific care, a pitch that was common long before federal food and drug rules tightened in 1906.
| Original scan | 735 × 1,009 px |
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| Reference | 765 |
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