BULL DURHAM TOBACCO PROMOTES AN “INFALLIBLE PILE CURE, THE REMEDY OF THE 19TH CENTURY! CERTAIN AND SPEEDY RELIEF GUARANTEED TO THOSE SUFFERING WITH HEMORRHOIDS”; Packet of quack medicine advertising a cure for hemorrhoids enclosed in its illustrated advertising envelope
Durham, North Carolina: circa 1878. Envelope or Cover. This quack medicine advertising grouping consists of a one-page promotional handbill, an 8-page accordion-fold pamphlet, and an illustrated advertising envelope for “Barham’s Infallible Pile Cure.” The envelope is franked with a cork-canceled 1-cent gray blue stamp (Scott #156) with no town markings..... More