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Welcome to the Library Company of Philadelphia's Tumblr page! Founded by Ben Franklin in 1731, we are an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. This page highlights materials from LCP's extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.
Need a cure for a runny nose, hay fever, cold in head, deafness, AND headache? This #WrapperWednesday brings us the inside front wrapper of A Romance of Boston (circa 1888). Published by the Abbott’s Menthol Plaster Co. of Worcester, Massachusetts, A Romance of Boston is a fictional correspondence between three women as well as an advertisement for a variety of medicinal products, including this ad for Abbott’s Menthol Snuff.
A romance of Boston. Worcester, Mass. : Abbott’s Menthol Plaster Co., [1888?] 31, [1] p. ; 16 cm.