Dr. William Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs. First edition.
New York: late 19th Century. Color lithograph trade card. With cut-outs. 15.5 x 9.5cm. The following guest blog post was written by Varsha Jayaraman, Queen’s Work Study Curatorial Assistant: In the mid-to-late ninteenth century, advertising trade cards were important for circulating information about patent medicines, or “over-the-counter” drugs. Dr. William..... More
