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Willson Monarch Labs Salesman Card
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Business card of Edward Rohloff, a traveling salesman for Willson's Monarch Laboratory, a manufacturer of patent medications in the early part of the 1900s. The back of the card lists the notable preparations the salesman regularly sold.
1935
Willson Monarch Laboratory
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Willson Monarch Remedies Wagon
1935
Two salesmen stand beside one of the Willson's Monarch Remedies horse-drawn wagons. Willson's sold patent medicines, spices, extracts, flavorings, and "toilet articles."
Horse-Drawn Patent Medicines Wagon
January 7, 1937
A traveling salesman with Willson's Monarch Labs is standing beside the horse-drawn wagon that took him on sales routes in rural Wisconsin. Willson manufactured patent medicines, extracts, spices, ...
O.L. Oleson, Agent
Advertising card for O.L. Oleson of Ramona, Wisconsin who sold patent medicines. The card features a photograph of Oleson seated in a wagon advertising Willson's Extracts pulled by two horses.
Traveling Salesman
circa 1900-1910
A salesman sits in a horse-drawn carriage in front of a two-story house. On the side of the carriage, it reads, "Willson's flavoring extracts/ Monarch remedies."
Pharmaceutical Laboratory
1890
Interior view of the pharmaceutical laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Processing Lab, Japan
1960
View of pharmaceutical processing equipment in one of the laboratory classrooms at Kyoto University's Pharmaceutical Sciences building.
