Records. Sutherland, E.E., Medicine Company-Sweepstakes (inclusive), 1907-1969.

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Records. Sutherland, E.E., Medicine Company-Sweepstakes (inclusive), 1907-1969.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning E.E. Sutherland Medicine Company, a patent medicine firm, 1914-1949; Loring T. Swaim, an arthritis "specialist," 1915-1962; Swamp Root, a patent medicine promoted as a cure for a wide variety of ailments, 1907-1966; and sweepstakes and their use as a means of raising funds for new hospitals, 1934-1936.

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