Document
Identifier:
DIC.8-79
Description
An advertisement for the beverage Lactart (Acid of Milk): The New Acid Beverage and Tonic, by the Avery Lactate Co. of Boston, Mass.
Additional Information
The front has an image of a milk maid walking back from a field of cows while holding a metal bucket atop her head. On the rocks in the image are the words: "With water and sugar only."
The back contains information about Lactart as a beverage and a remedy. It was endorsed by the "Highest Medical Authority" and specially recommended as a preventative and relied for conditions such as cholera, sunstroke, fevers, and more. On the bottom of the back side, it states "Being purely vegetable, Lactart is absolutely harmless, and may be used with the utmost freedom in all cases."
Date:
1884
Creator:
Avery Lactate Company. Boston MA