Photograph
Medicine Wagon Driving through Town
| Dr. Eugene Krohn driving his medicine wagon. The man behind the wagon is either Rufus Jones or Warren C. Jones. |
| Image ID: | 1931 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Van Schaick, Charles |
| City: | Black River Falls |
| County: | Jackson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Van Schaick, Charles : Charles Van Schaick photographs and negatives, circa 1880-circa 1940 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (V2)62 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| Dr. Krohn arrived in Black River Falls in the early 1890s. He was a general practitioner and a skilled surgeon. He bought the Willing and Long drugstore and began a patent medicine business, the Dr. Krohn Medicine Company. His sons, Irwin and Robert, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and succeeded their father in his Black River Falls practice. This image is part of a larger collection of over 6,000 negatives created by Charles J. Van Schaick. Van Schaick learned the art of photography after moving to Jackson County, Wisconsin. In 1885, he opened a studio in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. He was the town photographer for over 50 years. His work includes both studio portraits and richly varied and intimate snapshots of small-town, Wisconsin life. |
| Horses |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Central business districts |
| Cities and towns |
| Medicine |
| Patent medicines |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Signs and signboards |
| Horse-drawn vehicles |
| Streets |
| Physicians |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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