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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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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."

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…

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

Box labeled "Kickapoo Pills" with a front illustration depicting a stereotypical Native American man, c. 1917. The sides of the box are also shown, listing the many medical ailments the pills treat. The price is listed on the box as "25 cts" and the…

Box for Kickapoo Pills, c. 1917, produced by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. in Clintonville, CT, listing the many medical ailments the pills treat.

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

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

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

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…

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.…

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.

This cigar store Indian was used as an advertisement for D. F. Saylor’s Pennsylvania tobacco shop during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Indian holds a bundle of cigars in one hand and a tobacco leaf in the other. He stands on a…

Picture of Chief Two Moon Meridas wearing a headdress and traditional Native American clothing greeting three other Native Americans outside of the Chief Two Moon Herb Co., headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut, c. 1925.