Hood's Sarsaparilla – Historic Print
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hood's Sarsaparilla
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Hood's Sarsaparilla was a bottled tonic made by C. I. Hood and Company, a firm based in Lowell, Massachusetts, and this 1886 color poster shows how the company promoted it through bold commercial art. By the 1880s, color lithography was cheap enough that patent medicine makers used large display posters like this one in shop windows and public places, promising health through a blood-purifying remedy. The record comes from an old caption card and has not been fully verified, so details about where the poster was displayed should be treated as provisional. Its vivid colors and large lettering show how advertisers of the period competed for a passerby's attention.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 107 x 74 cm. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,170 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172653 |
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