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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…

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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…

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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.

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Certificate of purity guarantee for Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy, with a notary public seal from the Swamp-Root Almanac from 1914. The certificate states that "Swamp-Root was discovered through scientific research and…

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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).

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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).

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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…

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Plate 87 of mugwort 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).

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Plate 11 of black cohosh 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…

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Plate 120 of scullcap 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).

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Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Almanac and weather forecasts for 1914 almanac calculations page listing morning and evening stars viewing dates, season start date and times, and dates of eclipses for the year.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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."

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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…

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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…
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