By Garland Pollard
Need to feel better when you travel?
The name synonymous with seasickness was Mothersill’s, first registered as a trademark in 1926. Made by the Mothersill Remedy Company of Montreal and New York, it was first Mothersill’s Seasick Remedy.
Somehow, the brand’s marketing did not translate to the jet era, and the trademark went defunct in 1966.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Ron Brand // Sep 19, 2011 at 5:14 am
Hi!
My last name is really ‘Brand’. But what I am really after is a specimen of Mothersill’s seasick remedy. For an exhibition on the three Dutch persons on board RMS Titanic I am lokking for a box or tube with Mothersill’s seasick pills dating from around 1912.
Can you help me?
Best wishes,
Ron Brand
Curator
Maritime Museum Rotterdam
2 Garland Pollard // Sep 20, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Ron..good luck on finding the product…I wish I could remember where I found the ad…perhaps it was an old Cook’s guidebook.
3 Ron Brand // Sep 21, 2011 at 4:27 am
Dear Garland,
Thanks for your reaction. Several Mothersill’s advertisements can be found on the Internet. As Celine Dion sings ‘my heart will go on’ and my search for a 1912 box of Mothersill’s capsules will go on as well.
Kind regards, Ron Brand
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