Lydia Pinkham Presents Mr. Good Programs 89 and 90: Museum Object and Cultural History
Lydia Pinkham Presents Mr. Good Programs 89 and 90: Associated Name: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company. Object Name: Disc, Radio Transaction. Object Name: sound recording.
The object in the museum catalogue
Radio transcription disc advertising Lydia E. Pinkham health products. Pinkham produced a patent medicine containing alcohol and herbs intended to treat ailments arising from menstruation and menopause. Despite having no proven medical efficiency, the product was met with enormous commercial success, likely due to the company’s aggressive, modern and often-fraudulent advertising campaigns.
Radio transcription discs are phonograph records made for radio broadcasting.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Associated Name: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
- Object Name: Disc, Radio Transaction
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: average spatial: 16 in; x 40.64 cm
- subject association: Music
- subject association: Music
- Subject: Patent Medicine
- Subject: Radio broadcasts
- Subject: Radio
- Subject: Women's Health Products
- ID Number: 1988.0211.55
- catalog number: 1988.0211.000055
- accession number: 1988.0211
- catalog number: 1988.211.55
- Credit Line: Gift of Radcliffe College, Schlesinger Library (through Eva Moseley)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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