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thomas001.jpg
While Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil was marketed until the 1940s and 1950s, the particular trade card in this collection most likely dates to the late Victorian era. The Victorian era is a period of time that directly corresponds with the reign of the…

Ms2012_007_CooleyFlyer_001.jpg
Single-page advertising flyer for J. E. Cooley, merchant, New York, NY, dated 1863. Flyer lists prices for a wide range of grocery items, including cheese, butter, fruits, grains, poultry and "sundries." Prices are handwritten alongside item…

Ms2013-028_Lincoln001.jpg
A trade card for a cholera cure depicting on one side an artistic rendering of a woman grieving over Lincoln's grave, with soldiers in either corner.

Ms2013_028_GarfieldTea.jpg
Garfield Tea (Stillman Remedies Co.) table top advertisement, 1880s, likely c.1885?

At the earliest, this item probably dates to around 1885, four years after the death of James A. Garfield. Produced by Stillman Remedies Co. Garfield Tea was a…

Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_EagleBrand_1885a.jpg
Some companies have a long history. Eagle Brand (now part of Borden, Inc.), was advertising condensed milk for a variety of uses at least as early as 1885.

Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_QuakerOats_Rockies_1893a.jpg
In the late 19th century, Quaker Oats produced a series of collectible trade cards featuring lithograph landscapes and scenes from America. These two cards represent several held in the Culinary Ephemera Collection.

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This item is a French board game from the Van Houten Dutch Cocoa company. The rules of the game are based on "Game of the Goose."

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Scientific American advertisement

RM671H36H36_1900.pdf
An advertising pamphlet for "Wizard Oil," to be used for sunburns, stiff and sore muscles, bruises, fleas, mites, chiggers, ticks, and skin abrasians. The booklet also contains information on practical care for a variety of injuries, from sprained…

RM671H47C4_1900.pdf
An advertising booklet depicting the storyline of a chicken wedding with advertisements dispersed throughout the story. The advertisements are for items such as instant louse killer and Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a.

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Ms2014-010_WeberMark_AdvetisementAIDSEducation_1986_0301.jpg
Dining hall tent card produced by the AIDS Education Committee advertising the upcoming AIDS Education Forum.

Ms2021-048_b72_1988vhs_government_work.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1988 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1988vhs_hard_work.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1988 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1988vhs_leader.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1988 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1988vhs_new_beginning.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1988 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1992vhs_electronic_classroom.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1992 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1992vhs_jobs.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1992 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1992vhs_service.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1992 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1992vhs_showcasing.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1992 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1994vhs_fiber_optic.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1994vhs_jobs_alt.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1994vhs_only_beginning.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1994vhs_fiber_optics.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1994vhs_GOTV.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1994vhs_hiker_rev.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1994vhs_hometown.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1994vhs_jobs_1994_ver.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b73_1994vhs_showcasing_1992.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b74_2000vhs_showcasing.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1994vhs_tourism.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1994vhs_values.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1998vhs_only_beginning.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1998 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1998vhs_roots.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1998 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b72_1998vhs_mountain.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1998 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b74_2000vhs_best_to_come.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 2000 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b74_2000vhs_seniors.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 2000 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b74_2000vhs_tobacco.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 2000 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b74_2000vhs_showcasing.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 2000 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b74_radio_001.mp3
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 2004 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2021-048_b74_2008dvd_veterans_cemetary_alt.mp4
Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 2008 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Ms2020_003_Flyer_2020_03.jpg
A digital flyer used to promote the event Anti-Asian Panic and the Pandemic: A Virtual Teach-In.

Ms2020_006_Flyer_2020_06.pdf
A digital flyer used to promote the event Black Matters: A Teach-In On Language, Literature, Rhetoric, Writing, and Verbal Art.

RockRye1.jpg
<p>Tolu Rock and Rye appears to have a short history of distribution between 1880 and 1881 (possibly a little later) as a patent medicine.</p> <p>Classification of the drink as a medicine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries…

Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_HorsfordBaking_a.jpg
These are a few of the Horford Baking & Phosphate trade cards in the larger Culinary Ephemera Collection.

Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_Craighills_1897a.jpg
This trade card for a sarsaparilla compound, was produced by a company based in Lynchburg, Va.

Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_Mellins_Anderson_a.jpg
Mellin's Food Company produced baby food, as well as nutritional foods for invalids. These represent a few of the Mellin's trade cards in the Culinary Ephemera Collection.

Ms2013_028_CulinaryEphemera_B1F3_TradeCards_StoreyBunnell_1.jpg
These two trade cards were advertisements for Storey & Bunnell, who shipped oysters around the east coast of the United States in the early 20th century.

Ms2012-006_Lowenbach_PriceList.jpg
The collection consists of an advertisement from the Lowenbach Brothers liquor distributors in Alexandria, Virginia, c.1910s. The flyer includes pricing for a range of liquors and spirits, apparently all mail order.
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