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"Ayer's Almanac, 1855." - "Will this amber liquid heal me? Tell me -- tell me -- I implore;"

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"After Edgar A. Poe" - "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I languished, sick and weary...."

"Ayer's Almanac, 1855." - "Will this amber liquid heal me? Tell me -- tell me -- I implore;"

"Only try it," quoth Aunt Shore." -- 19th Century Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Patent Medicine Cure Advertising Handbill

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19th Century Advertising Flyer Leaflet, Handbill on Thin Paper (but NOT fragile pulp paper)

"Ayer's Almanac, 1855."

Handbill of unknown date, but most certainly pre-1890's.

The makers of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Cherry Pectoral, Pills, etc. bought newspaper space in the 1880's to reproduce this same advertising parody poem, so this handbill likely dates from 1880's, or earlier.

"The Raven" was apparently adapted in 1855 for the annual Ayer's Almanac,

and that poetic parody was then reproduced on this advertising circular.

The paper is sturdy rag fiber, NOT cheap crumbling yellow pulp, but it has a few creases and a tear in the lower right corner.

Displays well, as shown.

"Twas Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,

...which I've valued ever more, / Higher far, than golden ore."

"After Edgar A. Poe." "The Raven" parody

This might be considered a Paper Handbill / Flier, Flyer / Broadside Adverting Insert / Circular / Pamphlet / Leaflet, etc.

It appears to have once been folded equally into 3 panels, as if to perhaps have been inserted into the original box which contained a bottle of the product?

Approx. 5.5 x 8.5 inches.

Condition... as shown; these high resolution images provide a critical part of the DESCRIPTION of Condition for this listing.

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