The Miracle Cure of 1885: Cocaine Toothache Drops Advertisement

An old-fashioned, sepia-toned advertisement depicts two children playing with a stack of blocks while a house and fence are in the background. The ad text, printed in large bold letters, promotes 'Cocaine Toothache Drops' as an 'Instantaneous Cure' for 15 cents, prepared by the Lloyd Manufacturing Co. of Albany, N.Y., and available from druggists, with a registration date of March 1895.

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