NLM logo

Gallery: Advertisements

Home
Red and yellow advertisement showing three tubes of tables; one full the other two with pills spilling from the ends, text below
Red, yellow, and blue advertisement showing two boxes of medication
Advertisement showing an image of a man with a bag over one shoulder and a garden hose over the other on a pale-yellow background. In the foreground is a bottle of liquid medicine and a tube of pills, with text above and below
Advertisement with a nighttime image of a pagoda style house at the top and on the bottom is text and an image of a large box of medication with smaller boxes of pills below on a green background
Advertisement featuring a woman in a flowing white gown standing in a ballet pose, below is a can of nutritional supplement and text
Advertisement showing three trucks driving around the edge of a mountain, below is a can of medicine and text
Advertisement featuring an image of three women sitting in a field smiling, below is a can of medicine and text
Advertisement featuring an image of a woman in a floral dress wearing a hat and holding some flowers, below is a can of medicine and text
Advertisement featuring an image of a woman in a blue dress holding an aspirin tablet in her hand, below her is a box of tablets and the Bayer logo
Advertisement featuring a small image of a woman suffering from a headache in the top right corner and a main image of a that same woman smiling while holding aspirin tablets. Below this is a picture of a veramon brand pill box with a small boy holding a tablet.
Advertisement with images of people getting rid of pests such as rats, sparrows, flies, and mosquitoes
Advertisement with a top image showing people performing a dragon dance parade, below is an image showing pharmaceutical products of ointments and medicine
Advertisement with a top image showing people performing a dragon dance parade, below is an image showing pharmaceutical products of ointments and medicine

11 of 13

Advertisement with images of people getting rid of pests such as rats, sparrows, flies, and mosquitoes

Health poster and pharmaceutical advertisement: to get rid of the four pests, 1956

Health poster and pharmaceutical advertisement: to get rid of the four pests, 1956

By the mid- to late-20th century, public health posters had become a staple of health campaigns throughout China. Pharmaceutical companies posted their ads on and below public health posters to increase their reach to growing populations.