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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, ...
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."
Men with Cotton Bales
1925
Three men wearing hats are sitting on top of baled cotton loaded in a wagon. The wagon is led by two horses and is traveling down a dirt road in what appears to be a commercial district, with signs...
West Milwaukee Street
1904
View down left side of street towards the right side of the street. A man is on a horse-drawn wagon in the left foreground. Storefronts are on the right. Caption reads: "West Milwaukee Street, Jane...
Civic and Industrial Council of Janesville, Wis.
Non-Stock Corporations, Rock County
Dr. Krohn Family Medicine Wagon
View from street of Dr. Krohn Family Medicine Wagon pulled by a team of two horses in front of a crowd of people posed standing in front of the First National Bank on Main Street.
