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Category: Collectibles > Advertising > Medical & First Aid > Medicine Bottles & LabelsType of Advertising: Uncut Sample Sheet / Printer Proof ProspectusBrand: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine CompanyDate of Creation: Circa 1920s–1930sOriginal/Reproduction: Original Antique Country/Region of Manufacture: United States (Lynn, Mass.)Size: Approximately 13 x 13 inches
Rare Antique 1920s Lydia E. Pinkham Master Advertising Prospectus & Printer Proof Sheet. Uncut 5-Panel Layout featuring Six Global Languages & 15% Alcohol Mark. Incredibly scarce, authentic piece of early 20th-century patent medicine ephemera. This 13\" x 13\" (approx.) uncut paper sample sheet was produced by or for the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company during their major interwar global expansion era (circa 1920s–1930s).Rather than a standard consumer label or bottle box, this flat master sheet served as an internal printer\'s proof or a wholesale distributor prospectus designed to showcase the company\'s international reach and regional packaging compliance on a single sheet.
Top Product Index Panel: Features a clean, monochrome block-letter header listing the complete flagship Lydia Pinkham product catalog of the era: Vegetable Compound, Sanative Wash, Blood Medicine, and Liver Pills. Finding a piece listing all four companion products simultaneously is highly unusual.
4-Panel Multi-Language Layout: The bottom section features the package text meticulously translated into six distinct languages: English, Danish, German, Chinese, French, and Spanish.
Immigration History Cross-Over: The inclusion of Chinese and Danish text specifically targeted major immigrant hubs in early 20th-century America (the West Coast and Upper Midwest) alongside European and colonial export markets.
Regulatory Compliance: Explicitly features the required 15% Alcohol disclosure text, standardizing the formula to comply with post-1906 Pure Food and Drug guidelines.
Stark Modernist Era Design: Printed entirely in a crisp, monochrome single-color ink with simple, clean block lettering—marking the classic transition from ornate Victorian flourishes to a serious, \"clinical\" 1920s aesthetic.
Size: Approximately 13 x 13 inches square. Uncut and unfolded. Small amount of archival tape applied to reverse side to mend very small edge tears. Some soft crease lines. Very nice condition. Paper coloring is beige/salmon.
An exceptional cross-collectible piece perfect for archives or advanced collectors of medical history, antique advertising, patent medicine bottles, industrial printing ephemera, and Asian-American/European immigration memorabilia.
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