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Levitan Building
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The Art Deco, Egyptian-influenced facade of the Levitan Building at 15, 17, & 19 West Main Street, including the F&W Grand 5&10 cent store, Rennebohm Drugstore #3, Cop's Cafe, and the state headquarters of Progressive gubernatorial candidate Harold E. Stafford.
July 27, 1940
Waste, Elwin G., 1902-1957
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Rennebohm Drugstore Clerk with Vitamins
October 24, 1944
Rennebohm drugstore clerk showing male customer a box of Plenamins vitamins.
Rennebohm Managers with Sign
October 29, 1948
Group portrait of eighteen Rennebohm Drug Store managers holding a sign "Managers' Kick-Off Luncheon, Rennebohm, Rexall Work Bench Drive."
Rennebohm Drugstore Clerk with Mennen Baby Oil
October 24, 1944
Rennebohm drugstore clerk displaying bottle of Mennen antiseptic baby oil.
Rennebohm's on Main Street
1930
Close-up of the Rennebohm Drug Store #3, 13 West Main Street, showing some of the Egyptian details of the Art Deco-style Levitan Building in which the store was located.
Rennebohm Drug Store
May 23, 1945
Display window at Rennebohm Drugstore (site unknown) featuring a 14 karat gold Eversharp pen and pencil set "it's the answer to the $64 question."
Toothbrush Display at Rennebohm Drug Store
1942
The counter display for Dr. West's Miracle Tuft toothbrushes at Rennebohm Drug Store #6, 19 North Pinckney Street.
