Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
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Manufacturers of a vegetable compound and other products for women's ailments; founded in 1873 by the children of Lydia Estes Pinkham; company sold in 1968; headquartered in Lynn, Mass.
From the description of Records, 1901-1967. (Lynn Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70942478
The company was founded in 1873 by the children of Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819-1883) to sell the vegetable compound that she had been giving away as a cure mainly for female maladies. The company eventually had operations in Mexico and Canada as well as the U.S., and its trademark was registered in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia. In 1968 the company was sold to Cooper Laboratories of Connecticut (later of California).
From the description of Records, 1776-1968 (inclusive), 1859-1968 (bulk) [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006717
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Subjects:
- Advertising
- Business enterprises
- Businesswomen
- Cooking, American
- Drugstores
- Gynecology
- Herbs
- Medicine
- Medicine, Popular
- Patent medicines
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacology
- Women
- Women-owned business enterprises
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- Vermont--Vergennes (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Lynn (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Lynn (as recorded)
