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Object Name |
Block, Printing |
Catalog Number |
2021.fic.091 |
Description |
Copper-faced lead alloy cast printing cut for White Beaver's Cough Cream of La Crosse. |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1895 |
Provenance |
Doc Powell’s patent medicines sold briskly in a time when medical options were few. Analysis under the FDA, showed that White Beaver’s Cough Cream contained morphine, chloroform, creosote and alcohol at a strength of 82%. |
Made By |
Benton, Waldo & Co. |
Material |
Lead, Copper |
Dimensions |
H-0.935 W-2 L-2.625 inches |
Length (in) |
2.625 |
Height (in) |
0.935 |
Width (in) |
2.000 |
People |
Powell, Frank |
Subjects |
Advertising Health & Medicine |