This Old Paper

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Certainly seems silly to explain the joke.  The gentleman asks “My hair keeps falling out.  Can’t you give me something to keep it in?”  and the pharmacist responds “Yes sir– How will this do?” while holding up a cardboard box.
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A while back we looked at the front of this card and the life and business of C.I. Hood and his famed Sarsaparilla.  Time to take a closer peek at the reverse of the card!
A good account of the life [...]

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The front of this medicine card shows children in a theatre, and advertises “TAKE HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA TO PURIFY YOUR BLOOD – 100 DOSES $1.00″  And at the bottom, “COPYRIGHTED AND PUBLISHED BY C.I. HOOD & CO. LOWELL, MASS.”
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‘Dr. C. McClane’s Liver Pills and Vermifuge’.  A lovely card with some flowers (pansies?) on the front, and two letters of testimony on the reverse.  This card has a bit of staining on the front and has a pencil marking on [...]

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Another find from the flea market in Hartville, OH.  This is the second posting from that day, and I’m only starting to scratch the surface.  This is a great card and a great find for a number of [...]

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