Records. Pierre Chemical Company-Pineoleum Company (inclusive), 1908-1953.

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Records. Pierre Chemical Company-Pineoleum Company (inclusive), 1908-1953.

Correspondence, articles, clippings, promotional and supplementary materials concerning Dr. Pierre Chemical Company, a patent medicine concern promoting products for "feminine hygiene" and "diseases of women," 1908-1953; Pilgren Company, promoters of a laxative, 1931-1936; Pilgrim Company, another concern dealing with women's health problems, 1932-1940; Pineoleum Company, an outfit selling nostrums for la grippe, colds, influenza, and the like, 1909-1957; and Pinaud's Hair Tonic, 1913-1939.

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