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Howard Company

WASH YOUR FAT AWAY WITH HOWARD OBESITY OINTMENT: Simple, Harmless and Inexpensive External Remedy [broadside].

New York: Howard Co., ca. 1900. Original document. Broadside, printed in black ink on pulp stock, lightly tanned, one horizontal fold. Text in part: "It removes fat from that part of the body to which it is applied--restoring the natural bloom of youth, leaving no wrinkles or flabbiness....You merely apply the ointment to the part you wish reduced....We guarantee results....We will send you our book on obesity, which gives cases and facts of the new discovery--a cure by absorption....Confidential." A full-figured woman in Victorian dress appears rather glum. 17" x 11" Very Good. Item #040552

The Howard Company operated from Suite 40, No. 6 W. 22d St., New York." [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

Price: $20.00