Goodrich & Thode's Company, Supporting The Popular Young Actor, Mr. E.T. Goodrich In His Idyl Of American Life On The Borders Of Civilization Entitled Grizzly Adams, Introducing The Celebrated Horse Ginger Blue! And Black Bear "Jolly," With New And Complete Scenic Effects

Merchant'S Gargling Oil, Lockport, New York

Publication: Privately printed, nd ca 1882, NP

9" x 12" sheet, folded to 4 panels. A 4-page promotional flyer for the theatrical performance of Grizzly Adams. Grizzly Adams came West in 1849 and forsook the gold mines for life in the Western and California wilderness where he acquired a legendary reputation for hunting grizzly bears and fending off Indians. Cover panel offers title, actors, manager, etc. as well as printed in red ink on the right side front carries the notice, "8th Street Theatre - - Grand Opening Week, Commencing Monday, September 4th," which would most likely have been 1882. The second panel offers a full-page advertisement for Merchant's Gargling Oil, the company sponsoring the show. Merchant's Gargling Oil is “a Liniment for Man and Beast," a catch-all salve first produced by George W. Merchant, a druggist, in 1833. The salve was made up of petroleum, soap, ammonia water, oil of amber, iodine tincture, benzine, and water and supposedly would cure anything ... burns, scalds, scratches, foot rot on sheep, roup in poultry, hemorrhoids, toothaches, etc. Panel 3 offers general information about the play followed by a synopsis for all three acts. The rear panel offers a full-page woodcut illustration showing Adams on horseback rescuing innocent settlers in the wilderness from Indians. 1 1/2" closed tear to fold and with a 1" closed tear to side panels. Very good.

Inventory Number: 50838