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Werner Clothing Store

Date: 1900
Description: Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syll...
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White Cross Pharmacy Soda Fountain

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Interior view of the White Cross Pharmacy Soda Fountain, 920 East Johnson Street.
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Pabst Malt Extract

Date: 1903
Description: Eye catching Eagle Drugstore window display for Pabst Malt Extract, "The Best Tonic". An advertisement for this product stated that it was "the greatest to...
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J.M. Alcott & Company Drugstore

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior of the drugstore of Joseph Mabbett Alcott at 90 Wisconsin Street. Pictured are Charles Alcott (left), his son, and store helpers.
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Joseph Mazureck Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of Mazureck Drugstore.
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Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
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Optenberg Pharmacy

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Description: Interior view of the Optenberg Pharmacy. On the left is a large candy counter, including a Russell Stover Candies display. A curved soda fountain counter i...
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Neon Apothecary Sign

Date: 08 06 1940
Description: Modern neon sign and storefront of A.J. Affleck's Pharmacy.
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Wartime Pharmacy

Date: 07 02 1942
Description: Interior of the Burke Pharmacy, complete with several prominent wartime posters and displays.
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Tuberculosis Awareness Display

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Educational window display promoting awareness about tuberculosis at the Frankfurter Pharmacy.
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Joyce Smith Gaines' Drug Shop

Date: 04 28 1950
Description: Exterior view of Joyce Smith Gaines' Drug Shop.
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Special Laboratory

Date: 12 08 1941
Description: View showing a portion of a special laboratory in the rear of D.F. Jones' Pharmacy.
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D.F. Jones' Pharmacy Exterior

Date: 02 06 1941
Description: Exterior view of the D.F. Jones' Pharmacy at night. 2 large showglobes are in the display windows.
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D.F. Jones's Pharmacy Interior

Date: 02 08 1941
Description: View of the interior of D.F. Jones' Pharmacy, showing an assortment of shelving compartments for items in the store.
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Waiting Area

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Cabinet of sundries (toothpastes, shaving supplies, aspirin, etc.) next to the waiting area at Joyce Smith Gaines' Pharmacy.
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Holsher Apothecary Cooler

Date: 11 10 1940
Description: Gilbert Holscher, store owner, investigates the stocks of biologicals in one of the store's 2 refrigerators. The card on top of the refrigerator was used o...
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Paying for Medicine

Date: 10 1947
Description: A customer pays for his medication at the Lascoff Pharmacy.
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Lemberger Pharmacy

Date: 11 26 1940
Description: View of the modest customer waiting area at Lemberger Pharmacy.
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National Pharmacy Week Display

Date: 1947
Description: National Pharmacy Week display in the front window of East's Pharmacy.
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Low Cost Drugs

Date: 06 27 1980
Description: Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

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