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Making Dr. Brown's Cough Balsam

Date: 1896
Description: Workers posing in front of pharmaceutical equipment to demonstrate the making of Dr. Brown's Cough Balsam at Kienth Drugs and Medicines, 608 Mitchell Stree...
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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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Sumner's Drugstore

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of Sumner's Drugstore, which was established in 1855. From left to right are George "Jud" Stone, Edwin Sumner, and Bert B. Collyer.
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McDrum Drug Company

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Description: Customers pose at the soda fountain counter. Clerks are behind the counter.
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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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E.S. Purdy's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of the E.S. Purdy Drugstore, including four employees.
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Kimberly and Elwers Drugstore

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the Kimberly & Elwers Drugstore. Pharmaceutical bottles line the shelves on the right side.
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Otto Boberg's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of Otto Boberg's Drugstore.
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J.R. De Philip

Date: 02 02 1947
Description: Druggist J.R. De Philip, proprietor of Hieber's Drugstore, pauses while preparing a prescription in the dispensary.
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"The Pharmacopeia Comes of Age" Painting

Date: 02 1956
Description: Photograph of a painting titled: "The Pharmacopeia Comes of Age" by the artist Robert Thom. The painting depicts a scene from 1880. Pictured are the notabl...
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"The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of a completed painting by artist Robert Thom titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia". The painting depicts a scene from the fi...
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Willson Monarch Labs Salesman Card

Date: 1935
Description: 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...
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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: 1970
Description: Pictured are the members of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Board of Trustees, 1960-70, left to right: George Beal (Chair), Adley Nichols (Secretary), Pa...
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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1960
Description: Members of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Board of Trustees, 1950-1960. Pictured are, from left to right: Robert Swain (Chairman), Adley Nichols (Secre...
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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1950
Description: View of the U. S. Pharmacopeial Convention Board of Trustees, 1940-50. Pictured are, left to right: Adley Nichols (Secretary), Morris Fishbein, Patrick Cos...
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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 05 1930
Description: Members of the Board of Trustees from the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 1930-40. Pictured: (standing) W.B. Day, E.F. Kelly, and W. Bruce Philip. ...
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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1910
Description: Members of the 1900-1910 United States Pharmacopeial Convention.
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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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