Antique ARMOUR'S VIGORAL for LOST MANHOOD quack medicine ADVERTISING cup

Description

A
3 1/2" tall
antique advertising cup from
the
ARMOUR PACKING CO.
which was a
Meat Packing Co., that was a going concern well over a century ago.  Under the "VIGORAL" name, they produced beef and pork by - products, such as lard, soap, and even patent medicine products such as this Armour's Vigoral, a meat broth or concentrate animal by-product for interesting medicinal purposes, like "
restoring lost manhood
" and "
making weak men strong
" to name a few that we saw in an 1800's magazine ad. for this product.  This is a super
OLD and ORIGINAL
antique
cup, dating back over
100 YEARS OLD
, to put it in perspective, it is over
ONE CENTURY OLD
; now this
IS
an OLD cup!
Cup reads
:  "
ARMOUR'S VIGORAL
".
Condition
:  Cup is in PRISTINE SPARKLING CLEAN condition.  It has slight base wear, otherwise NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  (See picture for overall condition).
Age
:  A TRUE ANTIQUE, ca.
Late 1800's - Early 1900's
.
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ARMOUR'S VIGORAL? We have seen small milk glass jars from Armour's Packing Co. which was a nineteenth century meat packing company with headquarters in Chicago (close to the stock yards and rail-road line) that slaughtered and packed beef, pork, etc. Their "VIGORAL" was a meat 'broth', a by-product of the packaged meat that Armour's dealt in.  One ad we saw for it claimed that the Vigoral held valuable medicinal properties that (supposedly) made 'weak men strong', restored 'lost manhood', and ... 'cured the results of youthful folly', if you get their meaning.  Rumor has it that it was also served at Drug Store soda fountains, which would explain the existence of these beautiful and delicate little cups. Fittingly enough, this particular cup was excavated from a property that at one time housed a large female boarding house, in a 19th Century Western railroad town. One's imagination can take it from here.
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