Archive Record
| Catalog Number | 2012.045.227 |
| Object Name | Advertisement |
| Scope & Content | Advertisement mailed by George P. Way of 30 Adelaide Street, Detroit, Michigan to James T. Thing of 313 North Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier, California. Included are an envelope, return envelope, order form, advertisement for the Blowena, and a type-written letter. Way writes, on behalf of his Artificial Ear Drum Company, attempting to persuade Thing to purchase both an artificial ear drum, as well as a device called the Blowena for seven dollars. The included advertisement explains that the Blowena is a rubber tube intended to relieve "catarrh, hay fever, cold in the head and influenza, or any irritation of the nose and throat, but particularly for CATARRHAL DEAFNESS" by allowing a user to blow air from their mouth, through the device where a medicated sponge is housed, into their ear. "Let us hear the conclusion of tile whoe mutter. Hear good until ref his command for this is the whole thing [sic]" is handwritten in pencil on the verso of the envelope. |
| Date | 1922 |
| People |
Way, George P. |
| Extent of Description |
Envelope: 6.5" x 3.75" Return Envelope: 6" x 3.5" Letter: 8.5" x 11" Advertisement: 5.5" x 6.25" Order Form: 5.5" x 8.5" |
| Collection | Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical |
| Search Terms |
Inventions Inventors Quackery Artificial Ear Drum Company Hearing Aids Blowena |