Swamp Root
Swamp root was a kidney and liver medicine that— along with other family remedies— were created by the Kilmer brothers, Andral and Jonas. They moved to Binghamton, New York, in 1879 and were soon selling their nostrums from a palatial eight-story building.
Swamp Root Elixir
1885 druggists' bill listing Swamp Root (far right), an advertising 1933 Almanac (far left), and a product box, bottle, and two sample bottles (center). (The almanac also contains a "Dream Book"— an alphabetical listing of dream interpretations— and daily horoscopes, weather forecasts, and astronomical data, including sunrises, moon phases, etc.)
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