Description
Black and white 2 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad for Absorbine Jr. Pain Reliever. This ad starts off with a picture of a man whose car is parked on a rugged country road and he is sitting on the front bumper as the ad headline says that the “Cranked Car Wrenched Back. Salesman on job same day thanks to Absorbine Jr.“. The ad goes on to say “Writes Salesman J.R. of New Rochelle, N.Y., ‘I went out to start the car one zero morning and the engine was so stiff the starter wouldn’t budge it. I got out and cranked and wrenched my back so badly I thought the pain would keep me in bed for days. But my wife rubbed on Absorbine Jr. at once and after a few applications I was ready to go out and sell my prospect.’ Good old Absorbine Jr. comes in handy so often in the home to ease and comfort paining muscles. Strains, sprains, bruises, muscular rheumatic aches and similar ailments gratefully yield their soreness to its cooling, soothing kindness. Also famous for Athletes Foot, Absorbine Jr. is the friend of millions, recommended by many doctors and nurses for more than forty years, Your druggist has Absorbine Jr., $1.25 a bottle and thrifty because a little goes such a long way”.
Source: March 1, 1937 Life magazine.
