Label: WARNER'S SAFE KIDNEY & LIVER CURE ROCHESTER, NY(face) A 88 (base). Large decorative emboss of a safe on the face. Hulbert Harrington Warner made his first millions selling safes and strongboxes before entering the patent medicine business. The…
Label: THE MOTHER'S FRIEND (face), ATLANTA GA (side), BRADFIELD RECL Co. (side) A topical for pregnant mothers that claimed a number of effects such as prettier, more intelligent children and easy labor. It is still sold today but can only be…
Label: Dr. S. Pitcher's (side), Castoria (side), R (base). Patent No. 77,758 - Samuel Pritcher, Barnstable, Mass - Medicine-Mixture to be used as a cathartic. The castoria was advertised as an aid to constipation, especially in children. S. Pitcher &…
Label: Kemp's Balsam for Throat and Lungs (face), Leroy, NY (side), and O.F. Woodward (side). Kemp's Balsam was founded in 1883 in LeRoy, NY, by Frrank Woodward (b. 1856 - d.1906). Kemp's Balsam was successfully distributed and sold for decades.…
Label: Chamberlain's Cough Remedy (face), Chamberlain Med. Co. (side), and Des Moines, IA, U.S.A. (side). In 1881 in Des Moines, IA, the brothers Davis and Lowell Chamberlain with their sister Izanna founded a medical company. In 1892, the company…