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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with lion chase in Africa
- 1903
Entitled "Afrique. Chasse au Lion," illustrated trade card depicts hunters chasing a lion in the African wilderness. A hunter on horseback wears a turban and aims a gun at a lion that is standing upon another hunter.…
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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with crocodile chase in Egypt
- 1903
Entitled "Egypte. Chasse au Crocodile," illustrated trade card depicts men hunting a crocodile in the Egyptian wilderness. The imagery could be referencing European adventurer Sir Henry Morton Stanley's 1887 visit to…
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Trade card for Cubes de Bouillon Oxo with August Wilhelm von Hofmann
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) at the inauguration of the School of Chemistry in London in 1846, of which Hofmann served as the first director. Men stand at a table…
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Trade card for Bouillon Oxo en Flacons [Bouillon Oxo in Bottles] with Justus von Liebig in Giessen in 1840
- 1929
Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist Justus von Liebig's (1803-1873) laboratory in Giessen in 1840. The trade card also features an inset bust of Liebig. Verso includes an advertisement for Oxo Bouillon, as…
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Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract] with Franz Karl Achard
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts German (Prussian) chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) walking through a sugar beet refinery, with view of workers illustrating various stages of the production…
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Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract]
- Claude Louis Berthollet visits Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at the Sorbonne in Paris
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts chemist Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) visiting Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) while Lavoisier was working in a lab at the Université de Paris or Sorbonne University. They…
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Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company] with Albertus Magnus
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts alchemist Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280) working in a lab with a vessel releasing steam. Also includes an inset bust of Magnus. Verso is an advertisement for Liebig's Extract of Meat along…
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Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company]
- Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts 8th-century Arabic polymath Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān (c. 721-c. 815), westernized by Europeans as "Geber," speaking with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik. They stand over a scroll with…
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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with Justus von Liebig
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts the monument of Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) in Munich, Germany with an inset of Liebig working in the laboratory as well as a closeup of the statue's bust surrounded by a laurel wreath.…