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Dissolution, Certificate Number 10341, Foster-Dack Company, on March 10, 1970; Articles of Dissolution of Foster-Dack Company (Form BCA-80). State of Illinois, Office of The Secretary of State. Retrieved from the Division of Archives & Records, Illinois State Archives Building,
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used for the temporary relief of pain and/or itching associated with minor burns, sunburn, minor cuts, scrapes, insect bites and for the temporary protection of minor skin irritations. The formulation contains the medicinal ingredients
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Incorporation for the Foster-Dack Company, State of Illinois, Office of The Secretary of State. Retrieved from the Division of Archives & Records, Illinois State Archives Building, Springfield, Illinois, February, 15,
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251:"Mecca Ointment: the household remedy" Foster-Dack Co. Ltd., 1920. Retrieved from McMaster University Health Sciences Library, Health History Rare Book Room, Ephemera QV 772.F754m 1920.
242:"Mecca Ointment: the household remedy" Foster-Dack Co. Ltd., 1920. Retrieved from McMaster University Health Sciences Library, Health History Rare Book Room, Ephemera QV 772.F754m 1920.
223:"Mecca Ointment: the household remedy" Foster-Dack Co. Ltd., 1920. Retrieved from McMaster University Health Sciences Library, Health History Rare Book Room, Ephemera QV 772.F754m 1920.
179:"Mecca Ointment: the household remedy" Foster-Dack Co. Ltd., 1920. Retrieved from McMaster University Health Sciences Library, Health History Rare Book Room, Ephemera QV 772.F754m 1920.
170:"Mecca Ointment: the household remedy" Foster-Dack Co. Ltd., 1920. Retrieved from McMaster University Health Sciences Library, Health History Rare Book Room, Ephemera QV 772.F754m 1920.
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Registration #TMDA030456, Application #0107944. Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Trade-Mark Database, Industry Canada (2011). Retrieved from
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Registration #TMDA030456, Application #0107944. Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Trade-Mark Database, Industry Canada (2011). Retrieved from
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Registration #TMDA030456, Application #0107944. Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Trade-Mark Database, Industry Canada (2011). Retrieved from
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Canadian Trade-Mark Data for
Registration #TMDA030456, Application #0107944. Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Trade-Mark Database, Industry Canada (2011). Retrieved from
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Albert D. Foster opened a laboratory in Chicago, Illinois, US, to produce Mecca Ointment, sometime around or before 1898. The US office was located at 3148 Cottage Grove in
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123:"Mecca Compound" was registered as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) by the Foster-Dack Company.
201:"Vintage Brands Ltd. Announces Acquisition of Mecca Ointment Intellectual Property Rights", Vintage Brands Ltd., March 28, 2011,
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