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Happy Halloween! We hope your day is as delightfully creepy as this circa 1870-1900 trade card for Burdock Blood Bitters.
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Burdock Blood Bitters.
[ca. 1870–1900].
1 print : chromolithograph ; 16 x 12 cm. P.9828.638.