“BUY WAR BONDS” ABBOTT LABORATORIES WORLD WAR II PROMOTIONAL BROCHURES.
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Auction #199 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 972 in auction 199
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Item Description
Lot of four. 9x12”. c. early 1940s. Sent to physicians offices. Dramatic art of war years promoting War Bonds as well as promoting drugs manufactured by Abbot. Content of each brochure is different. The bottom back page reads the same “The Painting Reproduced On The Front Cover Of This Folder Is The Work Of (Robert Benney/James Chapin/Leon Kroll/Julian Levi) And Is Presented To The Nation By Abbott Laboratories/Chicago, Illinois, As A Contribution To the War Effort. Physicians May Wish To Display This War Poster Upon Their Office Or Reception Room Walls.” The content of each brochure/folder is both war and medicinal related. Each lengthy text segways from the war effort to the nation’s health. ie. “Yet Against The Commonest Hazard To America At Work For Victory, Colds And Their Complications…” Another example reads “First Crop: Sunburn. Nor Will Those Victory Gardens Whose First Harvest Is A Bumper Crop Of Sunburned Skin Lack Company In Their Misery.” Text goes on to promote sun lotion and remedies. Both “Back Him Up!” and “To Keep Our Land Secure” have horizontal center folds likely as issued. Other 2 do not. Light handling creases overall. An interesting group. Overall Fine.
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