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A Swamp-Root Almanac cover from 1942 depicting a stereotypical image of a Native American woman next to text that reads "Dream Book." There are similarly dressed figures around a campfire and tipis in the background. Illustrations representing the…

Box for an eight ounce bottle of Ma-Wan-Ka, "the great remedy for stomach liver and kidneys," by the Ba-Ha-Ni Laboratory, Inc., of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1940. The box claims it is "an excellent tonic [that] improves appetite [and] aids…

One-fourth pint bottle labelled "Fluid Extract No. 395 Sarsaparilla U.S.P.," c. 1945, from Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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

Article about hemp agriculture in Wisconsin and how the hemp grown there was sold to the U.S. Navy during World War II. From the December 3, 1940, issue of the Wisconsin State Journal.

Article about hemp agriculture in Wisconsin and how the hemp grown there was sold to the U.S. Navy during World War II. From the University of Wisconsin News Bulletin, November 20, 1940.

An informational film produced in 1942 by the United States Department of Agriculture to encourage farmers to grow hemp for the war effort during World War II. The film details the many industrial uses of hemp, including cloth and cordage, as well as…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Capsules Viderol. The advertisement states that the product is supplied in bottles of 100 and 500. Ingredients list and dosage are provided. The Parke Davis identifier is bl-125-1.

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Vitamin B Complex, Kapseals Combex. These Kapseals contain vitamins B1, B2, B6, Nicotinic Acid, Pantothenic Acid, and other components of the vitamin B complex derived from the liver. The…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Standardized Vitamin Products, inlcuding Natola "for infants," Irradol-A "for children," and Abdec "for adults." Each provides a different combination of vitamins. There are images of…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Vitamin B Extract. The advertisement desrcibes the product as "a palatable wheat germ fortified with thiamin chloride (crystalline vitamin B1)." It is indicated in "prevention and…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Viderol. The advertisement states that use of the product "in rheumatoid arthritis is based on numerous reports concerning high dosage vitamin D, promising results with tocopherols in…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Viderol. The advertisement states that use of the product "in rheumatoid arthritis is based on numerous reports concerning high dosage vitamin D, promising results with tocopherols in…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Viderol. The advertisment states that the product provides "high dosage vitamin D 50,000 units, mixed tocopherols 50mg, [and] desicated whale bile 150mg." It is supplied in bottles of 100…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Capsules Viderol. The advertisement describes the product as "high potency vitamin D, tocopherols, and whole bile, for treatment of chronic arthritis and conditions associated with…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Kapseals Ventrex. The advertisement states that the product contains "stomach tissue," "ferrous sulfate," and "vitamins B1 and B2." Ingredients list and dosage are provided. There is an…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Kapseals Ventrex. The advertisement describes the product as "factors essential for maximum response to antianemic therapy" including ventrex, which is "stomach tissue concentrate…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Kapseals Ventrex. The advertisement states that the prodcut "accelerate[s] red blood cell production and hemoglobin formation." It is supplied with iron and vitamin B in bottles of 100,…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Kapseals Ventrex. The advertisement states that the product "provide[s] three factors useful in the treatment of secondary anemias," including "specific antianemic factor," "iron," and…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Kapseals Ventrex. The advertisement describes the product as "an effective dosage of the antianemia factor of stomach tissue concentrate, together with a well tolerated iron salt and…