PRE-PROHIBITION 1915 ANHEUSER-BUSCH MALT NUTRINE TIN LITHOGRAPH SIGNS DOCTORS - $299 - (Winthrop, ME)
VINTAGE ORIGINAL PRE-PROHIBITION ANHEUSER BUSCH ST. LOUIS TIN LITHOGRAPH DEALER ADVERTISING SIGNS IN AS FOUND CONDITIONTHESE SIGNS WERE SENT TO DOCTORS AROUND THE UNITED STATES FOR THEM TO HANG IN THEIR WAITING ROOMS TO ADVERTISE FOR MALT-NUTRINE. THE FIRST ONE IS DATED 1915 AND IT SHOWS A DOCTOR HEADING UP A DRIVEWAY TO DELIVER A BABY AS HIS SHADOW IS OF A STORK. ON THE BACK THIS ONE READS ''THIS LITTLE PICTURE, WHICH WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND SUITABLE FOR HANGING IN YOUR OFFICE OR RECEPTION ROOM, IS ONE OF A SERIES THAT WE WILL FROM TIME TO TIME SEND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU WILL OBSERVE THE PICTURE HAS NO NAME. 'COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE' HAS BEEN SUGGESTED AS A TITLE. WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST? TO THE DOCTOR WHO GIVES THE MOST APPROPRIATE TITLE WE WILL PAY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($250) IN GOLD, PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED SEPT 1, 1915. ANSWERS WILL BE DULY ACKNOWLEDGED AND THE NAME OF THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST AS WELL AS THE TITLE SELECTED WILL BE MAILED TO EACH CONTESTANT. ADDRESS DR. STORK MALT NUTRINE DEPARTMENT ANHEUSER - BUSCH ST. LOUIS. MO'' THE OTHER ONE SAYS ''A HURRY CALL'' IS A REPRODUCTION OF A SKETCH BY A FAMOUS ARTIST, AND WE CONSIDERED IT SO APPROPRIATE A WALL DECORATION FOR A DOCTOR'S OFFICE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE LIBERTY OF SENDING YOU THIS ONE WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS. YOURS VERY TRULY, ANHUESER-BUSCH MALT NUTRINE DEPARTMENT ST. LOUIS'' AND IT WAS MADE BY THE AMERICAN ART WORKS , COSHOCTON, OHIO THEY MEASURE APPROX 12 1/2'' LONG BY 7 1/2'' TALL AND THEY BOTH HAVE GREAT COLORS AND GRAPHICS WITH A FEW MINOR SCRATCHES FROM AGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE SET OF TIN DOCTOR'S ROOM SIGNS THAT WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION. PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES, USE THE ZOOM FEATURE, AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND/OR FOR MORE SPECIFIC PHOTOS BEFORE BIDDING. SHIPPED FREE TO YOU VIA USPS PRIORITY MAIL
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