This vintage medicine tin is a wonderful example of how many great collectible tins that are out there waiting to be found by collectors. Photo courtesy of Judy D. Steele By Judy D. Steele Trash & ...

Edward Jenner was able to formulate a makeshift smallpox vaccine all the way back in 1798, but even back then, people weren’t ...

Thrifting is an economical way to find vintage and rare products, like tinware. These metal items are typically made of tinplate, a combination of steel and tin. While first appearing as early as the ...

Advertisements from quack medicine companies were the live-blood of early 20th century newspapers. A random page would often have as many as five ads about a drug that could cure a variety of ills.

Turn-of-the-century quackery makes for amusing collecting. But be careful — there may be poison in those “medicine” bottles. Munyon’s Homeopathic Cures may not have been effective medicine, but the ...

On the eve of the Obama administration's most aggressive push yet to pass a national health care plan, a 50-year-old audio recording of Ronald Reagan speaking out against "socialized medicine" has ...