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Petrolina
Colour trade card advertisement depicting an illustration of a child wearing a green and white top. Caption states, "Petrolina// Pomade / Camphorated / Arnicated / Cold Cream Camphor Ice / Carbolated / Scalpene / Cosmetic". Text on the back of the card states, "PETROLINA, (Petroleum Jelly.)// A most elegant preparation, obtained from Petroleum, and universally acknowledged to be the very BEAU IDEAL of all Nature's remedies… To be had of all druggists. Manufactured by the Binghamton Oil Refining Co." Supplied by T. Milner & Co., retailers in Toronto, Ontario.

Petrolina

Dateapprox 1880
Format
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Colour trade card advertisement depicting an illustration of a child wearing a green and white top. Caption states, "Petrolina// Pomade / Camphorated / Arnicated / Cold Cream Camphor Ice / Carbolated / Scalpene / Cosmetic". Text on the back of the card states, "PETROLINA, (Petroleum Jelly.)// A most elegant preparation, obtained from Petroleum, and universally acknowledged to be the very BEAU IDEAL of all Nature's remedies… To be had of all druggists. Manufactured by the Binghamton Oil Refining Co." Supplied by T. Milner & Co., retailers in Toronto, Ontario.
Dimensions10.6cm H x 7.9cm W
Language
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberSAR-TC-284
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario