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Package of Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) from Allaire, Woodward, and Co., in Peoria, Illinois, c. 1895, and a tin of Yarrow from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Front cover of 1889 Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac, advertising Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. The cover features images of Minerva and Hygeia, and a stereotypical image of a Native American family in front of a tipi.

A page from 1889 Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac advertising Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. The ad features a stereotypical image of a Native American man wearing a headdress and holding a spear.

Box for Wm. Penn Panatela, America's Great Cigar, c. 1920, featuring an image of William Penn with a stereotypical depiction of a Native American man and woman.

Tin of Witch Hazel from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Bottle of fluid extract of wild cherry bark from Eli Lilly & Co., c. 1910, and tin of wild cherry extract from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Panels for "Our Shared Future" Historical exhibit at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2021. The panels discuss the history of the Ho-Chunk Nation and other Native/Indigenous groups in the state of Wisconsin

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…

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.

Box for eight ounce bottle of Ton-E-Ka Herb Tonic from the Ton-E-Ka Tonic Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1910. The box says the tonic is "non-alcoholic" and "non-narcotic" and promises a "great system tonic for stomach, liver, kidney, bowels, and…

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…

The Ladies Birthday Almanac 1900 cover advertising Thedford's Black Draught and Wine of Cardui. The cover depicts a stereotypical image of a Native American woman showing a white woman how to use native medicines near decorative scrolls that read,…

Back page of the 1900 Lady's Birthday Almanac advertising Menges Pharmacy in Madison, Wisconsin.

The Herbalist Almanac 1933 cover depicting a group of stereotypical Native American men and women grouped around a campfire with tipis and a lake and canoe in the background. One of the men is standing and holds out plants in his hand.

Picture of delivery truck for Chief Two Moon Herb Co., c. 1925.

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…

A Swamp-Root Almanac cover from 1937 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…

A Swamp-Root Almanac cover from 1922 depicting a stereotypical Native American woman with similar figures around a campfire and tipis in the background. Illustrations representing the zodiac signs run vertically down the left side of the image.

A Swamp-Root Almanac cover from 1920 depicting a stereotypical Native American woman with similar figures around a campfire and tipis in the background. Illustrations representing the zodiac signs run vertically down the left side of the image.

A Swamp-Root Almanac cover from 1914 depicting a stereotypical Native American woman with similar figures around a campfire and tipis in the background. Illustrations representing the zodiac signs run vertically down the left side of the image.