Advert Zine Brone Quinine used in South for Malaria and other remedies on side of old shack, West Summerville, South Carolina.
| Artist | Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990) |
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| Title | Advert Zine Brone Quinine used in South for Malaria and other remedies on side of old shack, West Summerville, South Carolina. |
| Date | December 1938 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 1/4 × 9 11/16 in. (18.4 × 24.6 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.7 × 25.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.4.53 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts the side of a run-down wooden building with many attached signs. The largest sign reads “GROVES BROMO QUININE.” Smaller signs read: “DR. PORTER’S HEALING OIL | Cuts Burns Bruises”; “BLACK-DRAUGHT Family Laxative”; “TAKE T-LAX | THE SAFE LAXATIVE FOR CONSTIPATION-INDIGESTION”; “CARDUI Helps Women”; “VICKS NOSE DROPS | VICKS VAPORUB for better CONTROL of COLDS”; and "HANFORD'S Balsam of Myrrh PROMOTES HEALING."
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