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Act 4 from a set of trade cards for Jackson's best chewing tobacco Trade card.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Advertising cards.
- Smokeless tobacco.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Petersburg, Va. : C.A. Jackson & Co., [approximately 1875-1890]
- Notes:
- A series of cartoons, in a sequential form similar to that of contemporary comic strips, tells of "How Adolphus Slim-Jim Used Jackson's Best [Chewing Tobacco] and Was Happy." In two of the illustrations a physician takes the patient's pulse, diagnoses the young man's lovesickness, and prescribes Jackson's tobacco, which leads to a happy ending to the story. Originally published as part of a booklet, each card includes a sizable advertisement for Jackson's Best to reinforce its message and to insure continued publicity in case the pages were separated. William H. Helfand, from 'The Picture of Health: Images of Medicine and Pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection' (1991), p. 113.
- Collection reference: 1989-8-91
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- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed April 22, 2025).
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