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Cartoon titled "Age of Drugs" from the October 10, 1900, issue of the satirical magazine Puck critiques the sale of intoxicating substances in drugstores. A saloonkeeper says of the druggist, "The kind of drunkard I make is going out of fashion. I…

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Cartoon from the June 27, 1906, issue of the satirical magazine Puck critiques the widespread sale and use of adulterated products. Citizens in New York harbor throw boxes of adulterated products off the "The Good Ship Dope." The title of the cartoon…

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Cartoon from the March 28, 1906, issue of the satirical magazine Puck titled "The Seven Ages of Dope," critiques the widespread sale and use of adulterated products. The captions read: "At first the infant, dopily mewling in the nurse's arms. And…

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Cartoon from the 1916 NARD Peoples Almanac presented with the compliments of J. B. Dickey, M.D. Druggist, Iroquois,South Dakota. "This picture shows, in a graphic manner, the false friends with fair faces, that are parading before the public as baby…

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Cartoon from the 1916 NARD Peoples Almanac presented with the compliments of J. B. Dickey, M.D. Druggist, Iroquois, South Dakota. "The Pure Food and Drugs Act, although a law since June 30, 1906, has not as yet been able to reach all the…

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Cartoon fom the June 8, 1912, issue of the satirical magazine Judge titled "The Modern Drug Store." "After looking about, the "stranger" visiting a drugstore asks the pharmacist: "Can you tell me where I can buy some quinine pills?" This cartoon…

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1917 Advertisement for Kickapoo Sagwa and other products by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., Inc. The advertisement features stereotypical images of Native Americans wearing robes and headdresses.

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Page from the 1820 United States Pharmacopeia, featuring tinctures of Indian tobacco, peppermint, spearmint, musk, and myrrh.

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Page from John Frampton's 1577 translation of Nicolas Monardes' "Ioyfull newes out of the newe founde worlde," depicting tobacco.

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A group of people posed among tents, for a traveling medicine show, c. 1895. A banner above a stage says, "The Umatilla Indian Hogar, for Long Life and Good Health." Image courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-56489.

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Members of the Ho-Chunk Nation gather in front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street in Black River Falls, c. 1915. The signpost on the right side indicates that English was not the first language of many of the area’s residents. One side of the post…

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Historical marker for Bascom Hill Historic District at the University of Wisconsin–Madison entitled "Our Shared Future" in 2021. The seal of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the seal of the Ho-Chunk Nation are both displayed. The text…

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Advertising sign for the Chief Two Moon Bitter Oil, c. 1935. The sign reads, "Stop! Gambling with your health. Use the old reliable Chief Two Moon Bitter Oil, the wonderful laxative, sold here."

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Advertising placard for Chief Two Moon Bitter oil, c. 1930, featuring an image of the founder of the company, Chief Two Moon Meridas, wearing a headdress and traditional Native American clothing. The sign reads, "Here is a combination of nature's…

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Box for Chief Two Moon Bitter Oil Laxative from the Chief Two Moon Herb Co., Waterbury, Conn., c. 1945.

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Picture of Chief Two Moon Meridas wearing a headdress and traditional Native American clothing greeting three other Native Americans outside of the Chief Two Moon Herb Co., headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut, c. 1925.

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Picture of Chief Two Moon Meridas wearing horns, a headdress, and traditional Native American clothing, c. 1925.

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Box labeled "Kickapoo Pills" with a front illustration depicting a stereotypical Native American man, c. 1917. The sides of the box are also shown, listing the many medical ailments the pills treat. The price is listed on the box as "25 cts" and the…

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Box for Kickapoo Pills, c. 1917, produced by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. in Clintonville, CT, listing the many medical ailments the pills treat.

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The Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., booth at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition appropriated unnamed Native Americans dressed in traditional clothing to advertise its medicinal natural plant extracts, which, the company said, had long been used by…
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