RPPC of the “Tuberclecide” Quack Medicine Endurance Tramp LA to NY 1913-14 For Sale

Real photo postcardshowing members of the Tuberclecide Endurance Tramp from Los Angeles to NewYork. Tuberculosis was still a major public health issue when President WoodrowWilson took office in 1913. Later that year, a group claiming to have survivedthe disease traveled across the country to present the president with asupposed cure. According to an April 1914 report from Grizzly Bearmagazine, the group of “cured” patients traveled from Los Angeles toWashington, D.C., to present President Wilson with the alleged formula for“Tuberclecide.” Tuberclecide was just a quack medicine hoax. This is an imagefrom that cross country trip. No notation as to where it was taken along theway. No stamp box. Modern pencil text on the back. Clean.