Records. Solarama, Inc.-Sondergord, Bert (inclusive), 1911-1974.

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Records. Solarama, Inc.-Sondergord, Bert (inclusive), 1911-1974.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Solarama, Inc., makers of an electrical device promoted as a cure for various ailments, 1972-1974; Dr. Henry O. Sommer, a physician who frequently wrote to the AMA Bureau of Investigation protesting the sale of patent medicines in his community, 1914-1932; Somnoform, a patent medicine promoted as a pain reliever in dental extractions and other operations, 1911-1930; and Bert Sondergord, promoter of a sexual rejuvenation patent medicine, 1927-1929.

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