At the Smithsonian Libraries, we are surrounded by American trade literature, so It isn’t unusual to see some catalogs for patent medicines with what we would now consider outrageous claims for a product’s miracle qualities.
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Edwin H. Land introduced the Polaroid instant camera on February 21, 1947. The Libraries has a great and varied assortment of polaroid trade catalogs in its trade literature collection. Being more »
Today, in 1878, milk was delivered in bottles for the first time. The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library has many milk and dairy related more »