Photographic Poster - Farm Shed Sign

Dr Morse's INDIAN ROOT PILLS

A wonderful example of the lost art of Sign-writing. An Australian Advertising sign on an old shed in the Hunter Valley, near Maitland NSW Australia.

A quote from: The Mercury (Hobart) - Tue 25 Mar 1919.

"UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR DR. MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLS.
The public may be interested in knowing some of the particulars regarding the part played by Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills in the present epidemic. They were not boomed such as was done by many, to use the Influenza Epidemic to attract attention to their commodities for which they were of little use. Straight announcements were made advising the public to keep their systems in order by taking an occasional dose of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, together with 10 grains of Aspirin or Quinine, but on no account to try to doctor themselves should they show any signs of the real Influenza, but to send for the doctor and go to bed. This advice has been followed to a wonderful extent. Tens of thousands of bottles of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills have been sold since the epidemic started. One retail company alone has passed across its counters 5,000 bottles in thirty days. Many wholesale houses have exceeded this quantity in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide..........."

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