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Brandreth's Pills Printers Plate

Currency:USD Category:Business & Industrial / Printing - Plates Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Brandreth's Pills Printers Plate
SOLD
160.00USD+ (40.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 Jun 25 @ 14:29UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Original printers plate for Benjamin Brandreth's pills. Founded in Ossining New York in 1835. The plate is 9 x 7 inches, possibly for a box label. Benjamin Brandreth (1809–1880) was a pioneer in the early use of mass advertising to build consumer awareness of his product, a purgative that allegedly cured many ills by purging toxins out of the blood. He became a successful and wealthy businessman, bank president, and New York State Senator. Between 1862 and 1863 Brandreth’s average annual gross income surpassed $600,000…" For fifty years Brandreth’s name was a household word in the United States . The Brandreth pills were so well known they received mention in Herman Melville's classic Moby-Dick.



The Brandreth Pill Factory complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Date: Location: New York HWAC# 63623