Name/Title
HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA RAINY DAY PUZZLEEntry/Object ID
SS.2015.4 a-ffDescription
Thirty-two piece puzzle; recto shows a full-color lithograph scene of a man in a bowler hat in a travelling sales carriage, pulled by two bay horses; carriage bears many advertising labels; in the lower right, foreground, an elderly man in a straw hat and suit carrying an umbrella waves to the carriage; in the distance, a red brick factory, with American flag on a pole on the roof; black fence and warehouse building at upper right; at center bottom: "HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA RAINY DAY PUZZLE"; under man in straw hat, printed: "That's the medicine I take; peculiar to itself"; on the carriage, printed: "Hood's Sarasparilla Cures" and "C. I. Hood & Co./ Lowell, Mass."; on the black fence at upper right, printed: "Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures."; on black building at upper right, printed: "Get Hood's and only Hood's", "Take Hood's", and "Hood's Sarasparilla"; on the smokestack of the factory; "Hood's"; on the sign of the factory, printed: "Hood's Sarasparilla Laboratory, C. I. Hood & Co. Proprieters"; on verso, in single color printing (blue), a scene of a man, woman, boy and girl looking up at an advertising hot air balloon, boy pointing to balloon; chickens near fence in midground; barn in midground; at bottom, printed: "HOOD'S BALLOON PUZZLE"; at lower right: "Look! Look!! There is a Balloon Telling about Hood's Sarsaparilla"; at the lower left, on fence: "For that tired/feeling take/ Hood's/ Sarsaparilla/ Peculiar to Itself/100 Doses One Dollar"; on the barn: "Hood's Sarsaparilla", "Makes the Weak Strong" and "Be Sure to get Hood's"; on the balloon: "100 Doses One Dollar"; on pennants from the balloon: "Hood's Sarsaparilla"; on the fence: "Hood's Sarasaparilla Cures"; and in the upper right on a faux posted notice: "As up we raise/ Our wandering gaze,/'Twixt earth and sky/Goes floating by/The great balloon;/Its motto tells/How cheaply sells/Man's greatest boon/Hood's Sarsaparilla".Collection
Sunnyside Object CollectionPublication Details
Author
UnknownDate Published
1880 - 1910Notes
Paper, inkInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
(See Description)Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
SS.2015.4 a-qDimensions
Dimension Description
CompletedHeight
10-1/4 inWidth
15-1/4 inDepth
1/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 1/8 in. (26 x 38.7 x 0.3 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Incomplete, two pieces missing; two pieces with detached tabs; edges and corners lifting; wear to all edges; some discoloration overall.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
C. I. Hood & CompanyPerson or Organization
C. I. Hood & CompanyNotes
SubjectPerson or Organization
C. I. Hood & CompanyNotes
RetailerGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Accessioned 2015, acquired earlier. Found in a box labeled "Toys and games from Sunnyside" [Jessa J. Krick, 9/10/2015].Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14ENote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial