Savage rifles - make bad Indians good 1899
Medicine and cures.
1881, Dec 1 The Oshkosh Northwestern |
If they are bathed in ivory soap,
the dusky Indians would be oh-so civilized.
1884 |
Pure soap.
1888, Feb 5 Lawrence Daily Journal |
Not sure how all this ties into American Indians...
1884 (my notes say 1893) |
Hammocks were invented by American Indians.
And these folks here patented them.
1896 |
Kodak knew all them tourists wanted to decorate
their homes with photos of American Indians.
1896 |
Another brand of soap. This ad repeats the idea that if you could get American Indians to bathe in their soap,
they could be more easily civilized.
1896 |
1896 |
Medicine.. of course.
1897 |
Tonic (medicine) and Pocahontas.
1897. |
But this was more of a gimmick.
You get to the print if you buy their product.
You get to the print if you buy their product.
1899 |
Here they were selling the image of the American Indian's.
It WAS the product.
1899, July 23. Chicago Daily Tribune |
Rifles. This one is pretty damn racist.
1899 |
Medical - again
1899, Jan 10 San Francisco |