Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, 1922

[calzephyr77]

While doing my usual lazy genealogy research, I came across this ad for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in an American newspaper from 1922. Turns out there's a whole Wikipedia entry about Lydia, whose elixir was considered quack medicine. A version, still purchasable, exists today!

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[dandyxr]

I had no idea any of this stuff still existed! I know of her because she's from my hometown, where she was considered a big deal for being a woman entrepreneur (even though she was a snake oil saleswoman). Her original factory is still standing, though it was broken up into a bunch of industrial / office suites years ago, I think it's mostly artist loft space these days.

[calzephyr77]

I had no idea either. I just assume a lot of those quack/old timey products went away with time. The "woman's trial" part of the headline caught my eye as I was browsing an old paper online and alas, it was not about a woman on trial, heh!

[huskyteer]

All together now:

[calzephyr77]

Oh that's awesome! Bonus points for choosing The Scaffold (featuring Paul McCartney's brother Mike). I was going to look it up after work.

[huskyteer]

I had this on a kiddies' 45 when I was very small. It was a long time before I learned Lily the Pink was a real person!

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[chocolate_frapp]

she looks like she's in a foul mood in that picture.

[calzephyr77]

Yep!! I wonder if she used her own product...