C.E. Aldrich, Hood's Sarsaparilla. 1896.
C.E. Aldrich
Dates Unknown
Hood's Sarsaparilla. 1896.
Founded by Charles Ira Hood in 1875, C.I. Hood & Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts was among the largest patent medicine companies in the United States. His anchor product, Hood's Sarsaparilla, as with most 'patent medicines,' was an amalgam of ingredients, none of them especially medical. In addition to sarsaparilla root, he mixed in dandelion, gentian, juniper berries and 18% alcohol. He claimed great success in curing a variety of disorders including "purifying the blood", heart diseases, dropsy, rheumatism and scrofula. Other products concocted in the company's laboratory included Hood's Tooth Powder, Hood's Pills, Hood's Olive Ointment, Hood's Medicated Soap, Pepitron Pills, Antiseplets, Dyspeplets and Hood's Plasters. By 1896, when this poster was designed, the business was booming and Hood had expanded his laboratories into a four-story building. Hood's company put out a wide array of promotional products, from postcards and World's Columbian Exposition trading cards, to calendars and posters. Another rare poster for Hood's Sarsaparilla was designed by Will Bradley in his American Art Nouveau style (Swann Vintage Posters Aug 1, 2022, Lot 274).
Philadelphia Museum 1977-47-1.
41¼ x 29½ in. (104.8 x 75 cm.) C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Massachusetts.
C.E. Aldrich
Dates Unknown
Hood's Sarsaparilla. 1896.
Founded by Charles Ira Hood in 1875, C.I. Hood & Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts was among the largest patent medicine companies in the United States. His anchor product, Hood's Sarsaparilla, as with most 'patent medicines,' was an amalgam of ingredients, none of them especially medical. In addition to sarsaparilla root, he mixed in dandelion, gentian, juniper berries and 18% alcohol. He claimed great success in curing a variety of disorders including "purifying the blood", heart diseases, dropsy, rheumatism and scrofula. Other products concocted in the company's laboratory included Hood's Tooth Powder, Hood's Pills, Hood's Olive Ointment, Hood's Medicated Soap, Pepitron Pills, Antiseplets, Dyspeplets and Hood's Plasters. By 1896, when this poster was designed, the business was booming and Hood had expanded his laboratories into a four-story building. Hood's company put out a wide array of promotional products, from postcards and World's Columbian Exposition trading cards, to calendars and posters. Another rare poster for Hood's Sarsaparilla was designed by Will Bradley in his American Art Nouveau style (Swann Vintage Posters Aug 1, 2022, Lot 274).
Philadelphia Museum 1977-47-1.
41¼ x 29½ in. (104.8 x 75 cm.) C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Massachusetts.
