Lowell, MA: C.I. HOOD & Co., c. 1900. Staplebound. When the hucksters and grifters led the way in advertising and promoting their wares - this pamphlet is filled with falsehoods but also some "Good Bread" recipes. Laid in: a "Spring" pamphlet for PEOPLE of VERMONT - testimonies of cures from..... More
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Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1901. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More
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Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1883. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More
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Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1894. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More
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Lowell, Mass. HAVEN, BLAIR & CO., 1906. 14 x 5 cm. Three pristine labels for Dr. Lorenzo's Golden Oil along with one very small (5.5 cm. x 2) "Miner's Artificial Pistachio Flavor" label. This fraudulent remedy claimed to relieve pain in humans and animals. Perfect condition. More
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St. Louis: Stuart Plaster-Pad Co., c.1908. Staplebound. 32 pages. This company, Stuart's, gave an extensive treatise on every type of hernia, and all the complications that come with this ailment in this pamphlet. Illustrated throughout, the company proclaimed to cure all hernias with their Plaster-Pads. In 1910, the company was..... More
Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood & Co., 1895. Staplebound. 32 pages. 18 x 12 cm. The High-Street Cook Book was originally prepared and published by the ladies of High-Street Congregational Church, Lowell, Mass., for the purpose of being sold at their Annual Fair. This edition is published by the proprietors of..... More
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Books Inc., 1955. Staplebound. 63 pages. "The housewife who prepares food in aluminum or plastic kitchenware may be slowly poisoning her family," reads the blurb on the back of Rodale's work. This book is a harsh and unwielding in his expose of the aluminum cookware fad taking..... More
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Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb Medicine, Pills for Constipation, and Sanative Wash. Lydia Estes Pinkham..... More
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Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching household cleaning and advice while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb..... More
Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching household cleaning and advice while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb..... More
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Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching sewing techniques while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb Medicine, Pills..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. In this book, Eric Maple explores the jungle of folk medicine where the healing arts began: the fantastic world of village wise-men, faith-healing priests and empirics of the Middle Ages. The author focuses..... More
Northwestern Yeast Company, c. 1920. Loose_leaf. 12 x 26.5 cm. A beautiful color illustrated fold out pamphlet. In this campaign, Northwestern Yeast Company emphasized the ease of fast rising dry yeast, invented in the early years of W.W.I and popularized in the beginning of W.W.II, which set out to replace..... More
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Massachusetts: The Moxie Company, c. 1910. Staplebound. Unpaginated [8pp.] 18 x 12 cm. Menus and recipes for every day of the week. Illustrated in black and white featuring a family having a treat "After The Theatre" & "Family Cheer For All The Year." Created in Lowell, Massachusetts by Dr. Augustin..... More