Victorian Trade Card - Scott & Bowne's Palatable Castor Oil - Family Scene horsford's

Victorian Trade Card - Scott & Bowne's Palatable Castor Oil - Family Scene horsford'sThis is an original Victorian trade card advertising Scott & Bowne's Palatable Castor Oil. It shows a large bottle of the castor oil on a table and a mother giving a dose to her young son while another child plays nearby. There is a verse on the front as well: See how these children take and ask for more Of the same oil they sickened at before What no one young or old could once endure Now tastes pleasant sweet and pure. How could anyone resist taking

Light Blue

Transcriptions include:

just mild wear

number of acres

produced by the Woolson Spice Co

yearlin [yearling] colt

Soap Makers & Perfumers

bushels wheat

Horsford's Phosphatic Baking Powder featuring a child looking at "Horsford's Almanac Cook Book"

It measures 3 x 4 1/4 inches and is in very nice condition

Fast Black will never show white on the seams after being worn or washed"

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