Card, Trade

Trade card advertising Pond's Extract Vegetable Pain Destroyer with a color illustration of a young boy and girl on a beach. The boy wears a monocle, has a cane and holds a box, presumably of the medication. The girl has wings, holds a pair of pince-nez spectacles in one hand, and an umbrella over the boy with the other. Gulls fly over the waves. "Fred'K Rohnert, Druggist, 455 Jefferson St., Detroit, Mich." is printed along the top border of the recto. The verso contains am acrostic using the phrase "Pond's Extract," where each letter stands for an ailment it can allegedly treat. There is also a brief poem warning against counterfeit products. "Selma Beer," is handwritten in pencil at the lower left.