These are the only cards from the 1800's that I own. I wish for an 1800's card of an actual baseball player, but until then, this bulbous buffoon will do.
Several of these oversized ad pieces were made by a snake oil company with all sorts of designs. Five of them featured our man on the baseball diamond. I have three.
Ingredients in the gargling oil were petroleum, soap, ammonia, oil of amber, iodine tincture, benzine, and water. It was meant for burn wounds and saddle sores but some duplicitous idiot convinced people to gargle it. I despise people like this, but that's a topic for my future 'old man ranting' blog. It was sold in two forms, one for horses and one for humans, as it was fit "for man and beast".
Back variations include different ads for very 1800's companies. Mine are these.
Beauties, all three.
Also, take a moment to get in on my Mickey Mantle giveaway!
Go Redlegs.
Gargling a concoction like that sounds like it would make your head explode. Nonetheless, fun cartoons!
ReplyDeleteThat is an insane combination of things to use as a mouthwash.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck? That ingredient list is crazy. Hopefully nobody died from side effects of using this over a period of time. And that must have tasted nasty. They couldn't add mint for flavor?
ReplyDeleteP.S. These are cool. Never seen these before. What are the dimensions? 4x6?