Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy

Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
View of the pharmacy installation. It includes furnishings, equipment, and other stock supplies found at a druggist came from stores around Wisconsin.

Several cabinets and shelves hold labelled glass jars and lidded containers of chemical ingredients and prepared drugs. There are also countless drawers for filling prescriptions. In the middle of this exhibit is a long counter with glass display case to show other paraphernalia used by pharmacists, such as a brass scale with weights and measures, mortar and pestle, and fragile hand-blown glass instruments; there is also a rotating advertisement for Peerless Dyes.
DESCRIPTION
View of the pharmacy installation. It includes furnishings, equipment, and other stock supplies found at a druggist came from stores around Wisconsin. Several cabinets and shelves hold labelled glass jars and lidded containers of chemical ingredients and prepared drugs. There are also countless drawers for filling prescriptions. In the middle of this exhibit is a long counter with glass display case to show other paraphernalia used by pharmacists, such as a brass scale with weights and measures, mortar and pestle, and fragile hand-blown glass instruments; there is also a rotating advertisement for Peerless Dyes.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:134359
Creation Date:
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:State Historical Society of Wisconsin photographs, 1880-2010
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:(X95)20357
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
One of 2 of the collection. Also see Image ID: 134358, and by Arthur Vinje, see Image ID: 27810.
SUBJECTS
Museums
Furniture
Exhibitions
Indoor photography
Display of merchandise
Drugstores

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