trade card for Mrs. Temple’s Blood Purifier, n.d. Halftone print on coated paper. based on info discussed below, I date this at 1898.
It’s not unusual that the visual material of marketing trade cards from the nineteenth century has nothing to make with the product being sold. This is definitely the situation with this big (5 1/2 by 7 inch) card for Mrs. Temple’s Blood Purifier. The picture is a halftone print of what seems to be a studio photograph. The bulldog as well as feline are posed on either a tabletop or a lounge. This is a halftone print, one of the photographic reproductive methods that tolled the death knell for the lithographs as well as wood engravings that offered products for a lot of of the nineteenth century.
The back of the card is an advertisement for Mrs. Temple’s celebrated Blood Purifier, “Prepared by Mrs. J.E. Temple, No. 16 Moraine St.” of Brockton, Massachusetts. In my research study to date the card, I discovered a great deal about “blood purifiers,” which were one of the most typical proprietary, or patent, medicines. I likewise discovered a small bit about Mrs. Elizabeth Temple, the producer of this product, as well as what I discovered was worth sharing right here even though it has nothing to make with pet keeping! So right here goes.
In 1865, Mrs. Elizabeth temple was a widow in Boston, living at 12 Acton Street. By 1864, she was the designer of Mrs. Taylor’s Renovating Remedy, which she promoted with a 24-page booklet. (I can discover the catalog entry for this on Google Books, however I cannot gain access to the text.) Mrs. Temple’s Renovating treatment was a question “prescribed for Neuralgia, Scroffula, Jaundice, Costiveness, Catarrh, Nausea, Dropsy, Etc., with fantastic Success.” The nostrum likewise turns up in a few classified newspaper ads from 1868, where it was commended for “all illness of the blood.”
Many patent medicines marketed themselves as “blood purifiers,” with maybe the the most popular being Hood’s Sarsparilla, which was advertised as well as offered quite much anywhere in the late 19th century. Sarsparilla, made of the roots of Smilax ornata, was regarded as a great tonic. In fact, it is still utilized in herbal medicine. even early over-the-counter medicines for dogs, including medicines offered by Dr. S. K. Johnson (who was the subject of a publish on 7 July 2015) often advertised themselves as “blood purifiers.” each time when illness mechanisms were still poorly understood, the concept of cleaning the blood as a method of treating chronic illness was powerful.
By 1869, Mrs. Elizabeth temple was provided in the Boston city directory as a “physician!” She shared her house, 41 Shawmut Street, with Lyman W. as well as Israel Temple. The next year, the 1870 federal census tells the story of some moderate however genuine monetary success. 62-year-old Elizabeth temple was provided as the head of her household, although she was only referred to as “keeping house.” Her dwelling was worth $12,000 as well as she possessed $1,600 of personal property. She shared the home with 23-year-old Israel, a postal clerk, as well as 32-year-old “Damen” (Lyman?) W., who was provided as having no occupation, together with two live-in servants. In the 1872 Boston City directory, she was once again provided as physician, at 253 Shawmut Avenue. then she disappears, turning up in the 1880 census in Newton, Massachusetts, still living with her kid Lyman.
What occurred to her “blood purifier”? It seems to have lived on, or was revived, in the 1880s by John E. temple of Brockton, MA, who is provided in city directories as a “traveling salesman” by 1887. Was he one more of Elizabeth Temple’s sons? or even a grandson? In 1898, John E. temple lived at 16 Moraine street in Brockton, which is the address on the back on the trade card. as well as the new iteration, Mrs. Temple’s celebrated Blood Purifier, was prepared by “Mrs. J. E. Temple,” presumably his wife.
I’d like to these these these charming animals were the family pets of Mr. as well as Mrs. John E. Temple, however there is no method of knowing, of course. In any type of event, I believe that the advertisers believed the picture of the feline as well as pet dog would motivate people to take as well as keep this big trade card. as well as I hope that you take pleasure in this digression into the odd world of American proprietary, or “patent,” medicines.
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