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These two photographs show exterior views of the L. B. Breese General Merchandise and Drug Store in Elmdale, Kansas. One photograph shows a woman standing in the doorway of the store, and some items are visible in the window displays of the store. A horse is visible on the left of the picture, while a street lamp is visible near the corner of the block. The other photograph shows a few adults, including L. B. Breese, and a few children standing near the doorway of the store, and items in the window displays are partially visible. Both pictures show the traditional mortar and pestle pharmacy symbol on the "Drug Store" sign over the door on the corner of the building.
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
Item Number: 213610
Call Number: FK2.C1 El.73 M.Bre *4-5
Holding Institution: Bonnie Short, 1974-1975
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 - Retail - Drugstores
Business and Industry - Retail - General stores
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Elmdale
Places - Counties - Chase
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
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 - Pack animals
Type of Material - Photographs
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