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Gainer's celebrated Spanish bitters / P.K. – Antique Wall Art

Gainer's celebrated Spanish bitters / P.K., c1868. — historic image
Gainer's celebrated Spanish bitters / P.K., c1868.. Historic image from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(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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A window into the past: Gainer's celebrated Spanish bitters / P.K., preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Gainer's Celebrated Spanish Bitters was one of many patent tonics sold in the decades after the Civil War, when a bottle of alcohol-based "bitters" could be promoted as a cure for nearly any complaint. The word "Spanish" was a common selling point, suggesting an exotic remedy from abroad even when the recipe was homemade. Posters like this one were pasted on fences, storefronts, and depot walls, where railroad travelers saw them while waiting for trains. The "P.K." in the title is not explained in the record, so the printer or designer behind it is unclear.

Created / publishedc1868.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 2,201 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi
Reference5

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