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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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Horse-Drawn Patent Medicines Wagon

Date: 01 07 1937
Description: 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 manufac...
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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1910
Description: Members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention of 1910 participate in an outdoor gathering.
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Exterior of Pharmacie Werner

Date: 1889
Description: View of the exterior of the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay/Bolchen, France. This region was part of Germany in 1889. Two men are standing in front of the build...
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Sending Prescription Boy on an Errand

Date: 1888
Description: View of scene at J.N. Hegeman Drugstore, 1218 Broadway Street, New York. John Ferris hands a prescription written on a piece of paper to the errand boy. Fr...
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Army Medical Corps Anniversary

Date: 1957
Description: Army Signal Service Corps cuts cake to honor its 40th birthday. The corps consisted of about 4,100 members of whom 300 to 400 are pharmacists in commission...
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Dissecting the Cadaver

Date: 1894
Description: Students surround a partially-dissected cadaver at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery.
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Man Delivers Lecture on Tuberculosis in front of Church

Date: 04 1924
Description: Man appearing to deliver a lecture on tuberculosis prepared by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The man is pointing to an "agri...
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One-Armed International Harvester Factory Worker

Date: 10 12 1910
Description: One-armed factory worker in a suit and bowler hat posing against a brick wall. The man likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Woodrow Wilson at Shadow Lawn

Date: 10 28 1916
Description: Woodrow Wilson campaigning for his second term as president. He is wearing a leather finger protector due to injury from too many handshakes that accompani...
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Markham Waves to the Crowd

Date: 09 1936
Description: Beryl Markham, a former Kenyan bush pilot, waves to the crowd as she arrives at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. She had just completed the first solo east...
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Rennebohm Drugstore Clerk with Vitamins

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Rennebohm drugstore clerk showing male customer a box of Plenamins vitamins.
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Furnaces in Boiler Room at Dane County Asylum

Date: 05 09 1933
Description: Elevated view of the furnaces in the boiler room at the Dane County Asylum. Two men are standing in the middle of the room.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 04 05 1930
Description: Pyrofax bottled gas agent, Mitchell Sales Company's delivery truck. Two men wearing uniforms and hats are standing near the cab of the truck, and another m...
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Superintendents of State Welfare Institutions

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Group portrait of 13 superintendents of state welfare institutions with A.W. Bayley (extreme right, standing), director of the Wisconsin Deptartment of Pub...
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Public Health Nursing Week

Date: 04 16 1947
Description: Public Health Nursing Week. Miss Agnes Moroney of the third district unit of Wisconsin State Organization of Public Health Nursing and supervising nurse at...
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Portrait of Man with Crutches

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Description: A man with a bandaged foot sits in a chair holding crutches for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, hat, and tro...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Team

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Preparing to depart by train for the forthcoming NCAA boxing meet are University of Wisconsin national boxing team defending champions and their coaching s...
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The La Valle Story Photographs

Date: 05 03 1949
Description: William Frazier, village president, sitting at a drug store counter visiting with druggist Burt Blank in the village of La Valle.
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Purple Heart Week Opening Ceremony

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm purchases the first viola from Walter Nettum, Stoughton, a member of the Iron Brigade Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart....

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