Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistMike Savad Platinum Member CollectionDoctor-Pharmacy
Description Colorized photo from 1890Original title: Traveling medicine showPhotographer: UnknownLocation: 299 M.L.K. Jr Rd Natchez, MississippiThe FDA was created to prevent fake medicine getting out into human ands, it was created in 1906. But before then, anything goes. They sold all sorts of cures that did nothing. Anyone could make a medicine, claim a cure and make a buck. Tonics that cured the common cold, that helped your toothache, that could make you a better dancer and its a great furniture polish.Carts like these would be set up in town, they would have a show, maybe they would sing, or have a plant in the audience to get a crowd together. This one used snakes. Probably because it had snake oil in it. But not really. The first known product that did very, very well, making the person rich, was a product called Snake Oil. Said to cure everything, he sold a lot of it. When the FDA looked it over in 1916, they discovered it was nothing more than a mixture of mineral oil, tallow, capsaicin from chili peppers, turpentine and camphor. When discovered he had to pay a $20 fine (about $500 today). That's why we call it snake oil when its probably fake medicine. I hate to think what the story is behind a quack, I imagine that ducks are involved.
Mike Savad, Westfield, NJ Member Since August 2009 Artist Statement My name is Mike Savad, I create one of a kind creations. Photo realistic is what people think of first. There are many themes, flowers, porches, and local Suburban Scenes, some city, some urban. I also have many Job inspired images that cover a quite a range. If your looking for a gift for your Pharmacist, Doctor, Dentist, Lawyer, Barber, Gardner, Fireman etc, there should be something there for you. These will look very nice hanging on your wall, or in a waiting room, even a hotel room. My art is inspired by Norman Rockwell and Paintings from the time of the Renaissance.