Records, 1776-1968 (inclusive), 1859-1968 (bulk) [microform].

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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company. Records, 1776-1968 (inclusive), 1859-1968 (bulk) [microform].

Records, 1776-1968 (inclusive), 1859-1968 (bulk) [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232006717

Contains financial records including journals, ledgers, cashbooks, payroll records, freight bills, orders, price lists, contracts, inventories and taxes; advertising registers and test copies of ads; correspondence; notebooks; market and research studies; trademark registrations; manufacturing, labeling, packaging, and shipping records; articles; photos; pamphlets; clippings; and books that depict the daily operations of the company. Financial records date from 1859 when the Pinkham Compound was sold privately, but are much more complete after incorporation in 1873. Also included are a complete series in various languages of Pinkham pamphlets, which incorporate women's testimonials and Mrs. Pinkham's advice, and were used as ads; and detailed studies from the 1850s of herbs and female maladies. Family papers reveal Pinkham's attitude toward her family and document a 1920s controversy over control of the company. There are records pertaining to the obscenity charges against Pinkham advertising (1900), investigations by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission, audiotapes of radio ads, posters, architects' drawings, novelties, and acutal samples of Pinkham products. Most testimonial letters were destroyed by the company to protect the writers' privacy; a few are included.

185 linear ft.

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