Sunday, March 30, 2014

Vintage quakery

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These days for our quakery we have spiritual crystals, aroma therapy and the like -- in the old days I think they were rather more creative. Certainly more entertaining as these old patent medicine ads, and the ones after the jump, demonstrate.





3 comments:

OMMAG said...

5Hah, I am reminded of some 20th century "medicines".... Carter's Little Liver Pills for one.356

Anonymous said...

"Vintage quakery" should read "Vintage quackery"

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