Flyer advertising spectro-chrome and cardboard label with disclaimer, 1936

File — Box: 1, Folder: 9

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This collection of spectro chrome metry materials, spanning 1936 to 1941, consists of photographs, a scrapbook of correspondence between the Spectro Chrome Institute and an individual who had purchased a spectro chrome, and miscellaneous items. Some of these items were used as evidence in the November 1946 trial which resulted in Ghadiali's indictment on charges of "false and misleading" claims in his literature.

Series 1 contains three photographs of the spectro chrome, a photograph of the title page of the Dinshah Cookbook (1950), and a photograph of a page of literature relating to the spectro chrome. Also included is a photograph of Ghadiali with his seven children which had been stapled into a book documenting the 1934 trial in which his American citizenship was contested (Dinshah Naturalization Case Clearing Contested Citizenship, 1944).

Present in Series 2 is a disbound scrapbook of correspondence between the Spectro Chrome Institute and an individual who had purchased a spectro chrome. The correspondence is in the form of Guidance Advice Charts; the patient filled out a form detailing his condition, and the Institute replied with a form recommending treatment. The Institute made suggestions concerning diet and lifestyle and explained which colors to apply to cure the patient's ailment. The communications from the patient reveal the lack of progress in his condition.

Series 3 contains miscellaneous material, including a flyer advertising the spectro chrome, a cardboard label with a disclaimer about the spectro chrome's effectiveness, and two typescript pages of information about the "Qualities of the Twelve Colors" and instructions for using the spectrochrome.