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Personal Products Company. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company. Lynn, Massachusetts

Catalog Data

Collection Donor:
Finley, Harry, 1942-  Search this
Container:
Box 6, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1918-1930s
Scope and Contents:
File contains postcards compliments of Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine Company, a trade card, a letter from the Lydia E. Pinkham' Medicine Company (1918). Pinkham was a successful American patent-medicine proprietor who created the Vegetable Compound. The following publications are included: Lydia E. Pinkham's private text-book upon ailments peculiar to women (1905) Home Exercises (circa 1915) Stretching Your Dollar (circa 1920-1929) Come Into the Kitchen (193-?) Home Talks (circa 1915) Fruits and Candies (circa 1930s) Practical Cooking Recipes Together with Health Suggestions Concerning the Use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Other Pinkham Medicines (circa 1930)
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies for audio and moving images materials do not exist. Use of these materials requires special arrangement. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Museum of Menstruation Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Museum of Menstruation Collection
Museum of Menstruation Collection / Series 2: Booklets, Pamphlets and Other Writings
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b0576163-4d4c-4b8b-b030-d54a35610ddd
EDAN-URL:
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