Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement

Rights Information

Resource Type

image

Coverage / Year

c. 1900

Description

Honey Balsam and Blackberry Balsam were two of the popular medicines of Dr. Howe. Dr. Howe and his partner, Dr. Woodard, produced a variety of patent medicines in Bloomington. Their medicines were later produced by Dr. Z. Waters who gave his name to the line.

Interpretation

Many patent medicines were popular before the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed by Congress, after which many medicines failed to meet standards.

Lesson Plans / Themes

How we learn about communities

Learning Standards

18 Social Systems
15 Economics
13 Science, Technology and Society
16 History

Author or Creator

Matejka, Michael, 1953-
Hartzold, Susan
McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.

Other Contributors

LaBounty, Bill
Koos, Greg, 1949-

Source

museum archives
Made in McLean County' exhibit

Subject / Keywords

Balsam
Patent medicines
Advertisements
Bloomington, Illinois
McLean County, Illinois

Collection Publisher

McLean County Museum of History

Rights Management Statement

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.

Resource Identifier

mch0467

Date Created

6-3-02

Resource Type	image
Title	Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement
Coverage / Year	c. 1900
Description	Honey Balsam and Blackberry Balsam were two of the popular medicines of Dr. Howe. Dr. Howe and his partner, Dr. Woodard, produced a variety of patent medicines in Bloomington. Their medicines were later produced by Dr. Z. Waters who gave his name to the line.
Interpretation	Many patent medicines were popular before the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed by Congress, after which many medicines failed to meet standards.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities
Learning Standards	18 Social Systems 15 Economics 13 Science, Technology and Society 16 History
Author or Creator	Matejka, Michael, 1953- Hartzold, Susan McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	LaBounty, Bill Koos, Greg, 1949-
Source	museum archives Made in McLean County' exhibit
Subject / Keywords	Balsam Patent medicines Advertisements Bloomington, Illinois McLean County, Illinois
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Resource Identifier	mch0467
Date Created	6-3-02

Download

Zip of Masters… Zip of JPEGs

Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement

JPEG JPEG2000 TIFF Master Custom Image Embed…

Everybody should use Dr. Howe's Medicines Advertisement

Rights Information

Descriptive Information

Download

Staff Information Sign In