[Origami] History of Origami sighting: Newspaper Hats, 1893 patent medicine trade card picture- Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine

[Karen Reeds via Origami]

July 2, 2026

“Advertisement for Scott's Emulsion..."best known remedy for coughs and colds 
... diseases of children and emaciation." Card features three children playing 
outdoors, wearing newspaper hats and carrying a sword, broomstick, and little 
horn. “ 

The children’s newspaper hats are folded to make the name of the cough medicine 
very visible.

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