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This photograph shows a view of a patent medicine drummer (salesman)in front of an unidentified house in Alma, Kansas. The sign on the salesman's horse-drawn wagon reads, "Dr. Miller's Remedies." A man holding a case is visible in front of the wagon, and a woman and a girl are visible sitting on the edge of the porch of the house.
Date: Between 1910 and 1930
Item Number: 213812
Call Number: FK2.W1 A.722 *1
Holding Institution: Dwayne Wertzberger, 1967.
Business and Industry - Health care - Alternative medicine
Business and Industry - Health care - Medical suppliers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pharmacists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Sales
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Alma
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Type of Material - Photographs
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