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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.
Cottage Cafe
August 12, 1940
Cottage Cafe, 917 University Avenue. Close-up of interior of Cafe taken through the front window.
Cottage Cafe Interior
August 12, 1940
Cottage Cafe, 917 University Avenue, interior view from the rear.
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."
Cottage Cafe Interior
August 12, 1940
Interior view of the Cottage Cafe, located at 917 University Avenue.
Cottage Cafe
August 12, 1940
Exterior view of the Cottage Cafe, located at 917 University Avenue.
