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These images show the booklet titled Seelye's Almanac, Health Guide, and Cook Book, published by A. B. Seelye Medical Company in Abilene, Kansas. The approximately 50-page booklet contains advertisements and testimonials for Ner-Vena, Wasa-Tusa, Magic Cough and Consumption Cure, Seelye's Wintergreen Ointment, Wintergreen Soap, A. B. Seelye's Happy Life Pills, Seelye's Universal Stock and Poultry Powder, Horse Liniment, Seelye's Hair Tonic and Restorative, and other remedies. There are also advertisements for powdered spices, flavoring extracts, and household recipes. Almanac information about such things as calendars, phases of the moon, and weather forecasts are also included. The cookbook section begins on page 41.
Creator: A. B. Seelye's Medicine Company
Date: 1903
Item Number: 213994
Call Number: K 529.5 Pam. V.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213994
Business and Industry - Health care - Alternative medicine
Business and Industry - Health care - Medical suppliers
Business and Industry - Health care - Pharmacies
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pharmacists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Sales
Collections - Library
Date - 1900s - 1903
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Booklet
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Recipe
Places - Cities and towns - Abilene
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Printed materials - Booklets
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books - Cookbooks
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