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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.

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

Eli Lilly & Company jar of Indian Tobacco (Lobelia), c. 1910.

Tin of Indian Tobacco from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Jar of Bearberry (Uva Ursi) from Eli Lilly & Company, c. 1910, and package of bearberry (Uva Ursi) from the S.B. Penick & Co., of New York, c. 1950.

A H.K. Mulford bottle of Fluid Extract of Hydrastis, c. 1920.

Package of mugwort or "Artemisia Vulgaris" leaves featuring decorative botanical illustration, c. 1895. The package lists the product as being produced by "Allaire, Woodward and Co." in "Peoria, Ill."

A box containing several ampules of Echinacea Angustifolia for hypodermic use by the Luyties Pharmacal Company of St. Louis, Missouri. Each ampule contains 30 Minims. The directions read, "Break the neck of the bulb and insert the hypodermic needle.…

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.

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.

An Eli Lilly & Company Jar of Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga), c. 1915.

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

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.

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,…

Cover of the 1934 Indian Herb Gardens Calendar. The cover depicts a stereotypical image of a Native American family greeting a family of white American settlers outside of a log cabin. The Native American man holds a pipe in one hand and plants in…

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.

Plate 100 of bearberry from American medicinal plants, an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homeopathic remedies: their history, preparation, chemistry, and physiological effects, by Charles Frederick Millspaugh (1887).

Plate 9 of hydrastis from American medicinal plants, an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homeopathic remedies: their history, preparation, chemistry, and physiological effects, by Charles Frederick Millspaugh (1887).

Plate 58 of witch hazel from American medicinal plants, an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homeopathic remedies: their history, preparation, chemistry, and physiological effects, by Charles Frederick Millspaugh…