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This photograph shows an interior view of the William Henry Wilson Drug Store, located at 414 East 4th Street in Topeka, Kansas. There are two men visible standing in the store, and the man on the right is identified as Mr. Wilson. Several display cases and shelves are visible along the sides of the store, and bottles of chemicals and pharmacy supplies are visible on the shelves. A sign on a display case on the left side reads, "Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People." A heating stove is also visible towards the back of the store.
Date: Between 1895 and 1905
Item Number: 213803
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.73 M.Wil *3
Holding Institution: Florence R. Wilson, 1964.
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Health/Medicine
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Business and Industry - Health care - Pharmacies
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pharmacists
Business and Industry - Retail - Drugstores
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Populism, 1890 - 1900
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Photographs
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