Verdaderas Pildoras Vallet

Verdaderas Pildoras Vallet

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[France?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1870 and 1925?]
Language(s):
Spanish
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nonprescription Drugs
Genre(s):
Advertisement
Abstract:
Advertisement for Verdaderas Pildoras Vallet. Card features four illustrations each of the same two men in a restaurant or a cafe. A man is wearing a long blue jacket and his right leg is a peg leg. A waiter is in a black jacket. In the first picture, the man is sitting on a chair and reading the newspaper, and the waiter is standing on a chair and changing light fixtures above. In the second picture, the waiter is looking up to the light and the man in the blue jacket is reading the newspaper closely. In the third picture, the waiter screws off the man's head, mistaking it as the lamp cover. In the last picture, the waiter puts the man's head back into his body and the man is holding the lamp cover.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 trade card : 12 x 8 cm
Technique:
chromolithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:
101708078 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1370212342
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101708078