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Hold To The Light

Publisher: Doliber-Goodale Co. (Boston, Mass.)

Keyterm: Babies

Brand: Mellin's Food

Language: English

Donor: Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Endowment Fund

Filename: msuspcsbs_mell_dolibergoo6

Citation: Hold To The Light. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at https://lib.msu.edu/sliker/object/5931

Copyright: This item is in the public domain.

Publication Date: 1888

Description: The front of the trade card features text that reads Hold To The Light, then below Peek-A-Boo, Peek-A-Boo accompanied by a drawing of a musical stave with notes indicating a song. The front is dominated by an oval portrait in which a color drawing of a sleeping child appears. The background color is brown. The back of the card features text that reads Mellin's Food For Infants And Invalids, beneath which a pair of eyes appears. If the front of the card is held up to the light, the eyes can be seen as if the sleeping baby is now awake. Additional text on the back of the card includes a testimonial dated April 19, 1888, plus The Doliber-Goodale Co., Boston, Mass.