NATURE'S PLEASANT LAXATIVE. SYRUP OF FIGS. MANUFACTURED BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., SAN-FRANCISCO, CAL., LOUISVILLE, KY, NEW YORK, NY. [cover title]
1890 · [San Franciso, CA
[San Franciso, CA: California Fig Syrup Co.] Detroit, Mich.: Calvert Lith. Co, 1890. Single sheet, advertising card, folded to 13 x 8 cm., all edges scalloped. Color litho. front page of a young woman with black hair wearing a white dress and red cape, (2) pp. of text, illustration of the packaging for the product on final page. A very good copy. The California Fig Syrup Company was founded in 1878 and specialized manufacturing "Syrup of Figs," marketed as a cure for constipation. In 1897, the California Fig Syrup Co. brought a suit against another company for co-opting its trademark of "Syrup of Figs." The resulting court case was ultimately thrown out when it was discovered that the original California Fig Syrup Co. product did not contain any fig at all. Five listings on OCLC: Cal. State Lib., UC-Davis, and UC-San Diego, Wellcome Lib. (Inventory #: 60304)