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Package of Scullcap Leaves (Acutellaria) from Murray & NIckell, c. 1895, and a tin of scullcap leaves from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Page from the 1934 Indian Herb Gardens Almanac featuring a letter to customers. The letter states in part, "The use of herbs, roots, etc., for medicinal purposes reaches back to the times even when man was still in the savage state." The letterhead…

Page from the 1934 Indian Herb Gardens Almanac with a "personal message to all." The message reads in part, "This is due to the fact that in treatment we are not so far advanced. And the reason we are not so far advanced is because right now we…

Page from the 1933 Herbalist Almanac claiming that an "old document tells Indian Medicine herbs." The page features a stereotypical image of Native Americans around a fire sharing a pipe.

Two-page spread from the 1933 Herbalist Almanac featuring illustrations of various medicinal plants, including juniper, kuemmel, larkspur, leverwood, marygold, master of the woods, lance leaf plantain, lavender, lobelia, lungwort, mezereon, and…

Set of three posters for pharmacy windows titled "Search and Research" printed in 1960. These "ethical displays" were designed and written by Frank Pinchak, a pharmacist from Paterson, New Jersey. Published by his company Professional Advancement…

Set of three posters for pharmacy windows titled "Steps to the Pharmacy Profession" printed in 1962. These "ethical displays" were designed and written by Frank Pinchak, a pharmacist from Paterson, New Jersey. Published by his company Professional…

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,…

Set of three posters for pharmacy windows titled "The United States Pharmacopeia" printed in 1958. These "ethical displays" were designed and written by Frank Pinchak, a pharmacist from Paterson, New Jersey. Published by his company Professional…

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.

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

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.