McKenzie's Dead Shot Worm Candy
Datelate 1800s
Names
Toronto Lithographing Company
(printer)
Format
Colour card advertisement of medicinal candy that treats worms, depicting an illustration of a girl with her dog, with text, "McKENZIE'S DEAD SHOT WORM CANDY FOR WORMS. W.H. COSTOCK, Sole Proprietor, Brockville, Ont." The back of the card contains text stating, "The Allwise Creator ever intended that more than half of the children should die before they are five years old… McKenzie's Dead Shot Worm Candy for Worms is for sale by all Agents for Morse's Indian Root Pills."
Subject
Medium
Dimensions7.5cm H x 11.5cm W
Language
CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession NumberSAR-TC-098
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Brockville
Province or state:Oklahoma
late 1800s
Approximately 1885
Approximately 1885
Approximately 1885
Approximately 1890
Approximately 1885
1925-1935
approx 1880's
approx 1889