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Photograph appeared in Drug Topics magazine in 1955. The caption read: "Visitor to health exhibit during Paterson Public Health Week gets information on Salk vaccine from Samuel Scillieri (left), new President, Passaic County (N.J.) Pharmaceutical…

Photograph appeared in Drug Topics magazine in 1958. The caption reads: "The college's laboratories were the scene of several demonstrations. Here, Miss Rhoda Lipman (right), assistant instructor in biological sciences, explains to a high school…

Poster (c.1936) warning about the dangers of marijuana. The title reads: "Marihuana Weed with roots in hell! Not recommended for children." The text reads "weird orgies, wild parties, unleashed passions."

Poster (c. 1936) warning about the dangers of marijuana. The poster claims to divulge "heretofore unheard of orgies of youth's dissipation." The text reads: "Adults Only! Exposed! Marihuana, Shattered Hopes! Tangled Lives!"

Illustration of Cannabis Indica from the Romance of Empire Drugs published by Stafford Allen & Sons in 1932.

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."

Morse's Indian Root Pill Cookbook cover c. 1895, depicting a stereotypical image of a Native American man on a horse wielding a spear against a bear. This illustration is framed by a depiction of two sphinxes on a pedestal.

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…

The Herbalist Almanac 1930 cover depicting a group of stereotypical Native American men and women grouped around a campfire with tipis in the background. One of the men is holding out plants in his hand. There is a table of contents in the bottom…

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.

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…

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 with a calendar for December 1933. The page features a stereotypical image of Native Americans walking through snow outside of tipis.

Cover of the 1960 Healthway Products Almanac from the Illinois Herb Company featuring an image of a white American settler encountering stereotypically depicted Native Americans. One Native American man kneels and hands plants to the settler as other…

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 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 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.

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Almanac 1922 cover depicting a stereotypical image of a Native American man on a horse wielding a spear against a bear. There is a motif of stereotypical Native American weapons and feathers.

Page from the 1933 Herbalist Almanac with a calendar for June 1933. The page features a stereotypical image of Native Americans fishing in a lake.

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.