August Flower and German Syrup Almanac for the Year 1915

Woodbury, New Jersey: G.G. Green, 1915. Good to very good. Rust staining from staples, a couple other stains. Light toning, corners bumped, otherwise in very nice shape.. A beautifully designed 1915 almanac promoting mail-order medicines sold by G.G. Green. This particular Green almanac courts a more wealthy or up-market clientele. The front depicts Columbia with her shield and a cornucopia of Green's medicines, looking out onto a grand scene showing "Industry and Commerce" spurred on by land and sea. The back is equally fascinating, and depicts well-heeled gentlemen and gentlewomen attending a silent film accompanied by an orchestra. The moving picture on screen depicts white men defending their covered wagons carrying Green's medicines from Native American men on horses, depicted stereotypically to evoke fear and anger from white audiences. An interesting display of social thoughts and values at the time. Content inside the almanac includes astronomical phenomena for the upcoming year, weather, cartoons, descriptions and pitches for patent medicines by Green, medical and health advice, and monthly charts for recording weather and other information. Note the misogynistic cartoon on p.31 reinforcing the sexist belief that women should not have their own bank accounts and financial independence. before the 1960s, women could not open their own bank accounts without permission from a husband or introduction from a man. Also features a rather disturbing cartoon on p.9 that somehow manages to be sexist, racist, and classist, all that the same time. Single vol. (9" by 6.75"), pp. 32, illus., in original illus. wrps printed in red and blue with Columbia on front, theater on back. This 1915 almanac not in WorldCat (Feb. 2025). George Gill Green (1842-1925) served as a surgeon in the Union army during the Civil War, and went on to start his wholesale drug business in 1867. Green was one of the most successful early patent medicine entrepreneurs, and built a successful clientele based on a mail-order business model.