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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 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…

4 fluid oz. bottle labeled "Lloyd's Echinacea," c. 1950. The label lists it as being "from the laboratories of Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists Inc." in "Cincinnati, Ohio."

The Ladies Birthday Almanac 1900 advertisement for McElree's Wine of Cardui for Woman's Relief, which claims to be "the most astonishing tonic for women known to medical science." The ad depicts an image of a stereotypical Native American woman…

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.

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 1934 Indian Herb Gardens Calendar with an advertisement for Indian Bitters. The page features a calendar for April 1934 and depicts a stereotypical image of Native American women planting seeds.

A page from the 1933 Herbalist Almanac advertising Sonora Tonic. The advertisement features four small images: (1) "Indians, on their long marches, sustained their endurance through chewing the leaves of 'Mate,' one of the main ingredients of Sonora…

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.

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.

Back cover of 1937 Dr. Morse's Almanac and Weather Forecaster advertising Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets, Comstock's Liniment, and Dr. Morse's Indian Root, "the time proven laxative."

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

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,…

Jar of Princess Newmoon Herbs, packed by Julia Mae Lithgow, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1955. The jar features an image of Two women dressed in traditional Native American clothing.

Box of Indian Herbs Brand laxative tablets with a depiction of a stereotypical Native American man, c. 1960. The label claims that the tablets are "composed of derivatives of Indian herbs used from olden times by the Indians." The front of the box…

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.

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

Empty bottle of Red Chief Lightnin Liniment, c. 1925, from the Red Chief Chemical Co., of Memphis, Tennessee. The directions read, "For external use: Apply freely to parts affected. Internal: Adult dose: 10 drops in teaspoonful of sugar. Children 3…

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…

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…