Adorable late 1800s Victorian advertising trade card for Mellin’s Food, a dietary supplement for infants and invalids. The front features a lithograph of a blonde child in a white nightgown with the greeting “Good Morning, Mamma!” in the corner. The reverse promotes the product’s health benefits for infants, children, and the elderly, printed by Doliber-Goodale Co., Boston, Mass.
Original 19th-century lithographed trade card
Front caption: “Good Morning, Mamma!”
Promotes: Mellin’s Food for Infants & Invalids
Issued by: Doliber-Goodale Co., Boston
A classic example of Victorian-era infant health advertising and collectible ephemera.