File:What's this gadget? (LOC) (21863938926).jpg
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Photos displaying on either side of this one in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog may yield clues—view the neighboring photos: www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?&pk=hec2013005500&s... Harris & Ewing,, photographer. NO CAPTION [1929 July or August] 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller Notes: Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Subjects: United States. Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress) General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.35463 Call Number: LC-H2- B-3491-5 |
| Date | July 23, 1929 |
| Source | What's this gadget? (LOC) |
| Author | The Library of Congress |
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Uncle Sam's Postal Inspectors Putting A Stop Fraudulent Cure-Alls. A Clerk in the United States Post Office shown with the so-called “Oxypathor” which is the subject of a fraud order. This nickel-plated gas pipe, filled with sand, clay, or charcoal and having flexible cord attached, was sold as a cure for Asiatic cholera, meningitis, rheumatism, and every other human ailment, it was manufactured at a cost of $1.23 and sold for $35.00. Hundreds of thousands of them being marketed in India, Spain, and America. July 23, 1929.
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