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Warner’s Safe Cure: Free Samples!
The power of distributing free samples of your product was not lost on Warner. Few patent medicine proprietors did a better job of getting their product into the homes of potential consumers. When...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: It’s All in the Lips
Since I began this blog back in March, I have spent considerable time talking about the history of the Warner empire, the products marketed by Warner and the all important bottles that contained his...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: The London Samples
Warner successfully marketed his products through a variety of promotions, which flowed from his headquarters on St. Paul’s Street in Rochester. The volume of this promotional material is amazing and...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: The Most Beautiful Woman in America
Although we are sometimes amazed when we look at advertising from the Victorian era, some things do not change. Certainly, if someone from that time was to look at today’s advertising they would be...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: The Rochester “A” List (Part II)
Although the Warner’s Safe Cures manufactured by the Chambers Works are early examples of the Safe Cure bottles, they are not the earliest. After Warner acquired the rights to Dr. Craig’s Kidney...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Victorian Newspaper Ads
In many of my posts, I’ve talked about the various forms of advertising used by H. H. Warner to sell his miraculous cures. Warner clearly knew the power of advertising and rarely missed an...
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A Few of My Own Warner’s -Part 1
I have been collecting Warner’s Safe Cures for close to 40 years. For most of that time, my collection has reposed in boxes, except for the occasional show display like the 2001 Warner’s Exhibit at...
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