This collection consists primarily of materials relating to Vick Chemical Company and its predecessors, as well as a smaller number of items pertaining to the Richardson family. Vick Chemical was founded by Lunsford Richardson II and is best known for the cold salve called Vicks VapoRub.
An informative pamphlet that starts with an open letter to mothers suggesting that the common cold is the real Public Enemy No. 1. The pamphlet details the uses of Vick Chemical products.
An illustrated advertisement for Vick's VapoRub salve representing it as a torpedo launched from a submarine to destroy two boats labeled pneumonia and croup.