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700 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
This panoramic view shows the east side of the 700 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Businesses visible in the photograph are: Farmers National Bank, Kline, R.H. Fairchild Carpenter and Cabinet Maker, Chase E. Cole, Permanent Waving, De Luxe Shine Parlor and Shoe Shop, Cozy Loan Office, Curry's Smoke House, Evans Shoe Repair Shop, and Wm. Connors Furniture Company.
preview900 block of South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
A panoramic view showing west side of the 900 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Businesses visible in the photograph are: Earl F. Vaughn Drug Company, Marston's School of Dressmaking, State Savings & Loan Association, Addis Jewelry, Jones & Birch Printers, and C.R. Matthews.
previewGraves Drug Store, Garnett, Kansas
Interior view of Graves Drug Store. Shown is the soda fountain, employees, and a customer.
previewDe Soto Drug Store, De Soto, Kansas
These photographs show exterior views of the De Soto Drug Store in De Soto, Kansas. The left side of the building is occupied by the De Soto State Bank. The white rectangle near the top of the façade has a date for the building which possibly reads 1908. One picture shows the bank, drug store, and an unidentified house. The other picture shows a man standing in front of the drug store. A reflection in the store window shows a utility pole with wires connected to it. To the right of the drug store, just right of the small steps on the sidewalk, a small brief case or doctor's bag is visible on the sidewalk. At the far right of the picture is an object marked "Gasolene, Day-Night." It may be an early gasoline pump.
previewStreet Scene, St. Marys, Kansas
This postcard picture shows a view of Bertrand Avenue looking east from 6th Street in St. Marys, Kansas. The D. J. Lane Drug Store is visible on the right side of the picture. Several automobiles are visible along the street.
previewCommercial Street, Lyons, Kansas
This photograph shows businesses along Commercial Street between East and West Avenues in Lyons, Kansas. Towards the right side of the picture are Swensson Drugs and, just a little farther to the right, Rexall Drugs. Other businesses visible include (from left to right) Chandler National Bank, Anderson Lunch, Groceries and Meats: A Home Grown Store, a lawyer's office, Jones Bakery, a furniture store, a men's wear store, and J. C. Penney Company. Three automobiles are visible parked along the street.
previewKansas Avenue, Liberal, Kansas
This photograph shows a street scene of Kansas Avenue in Liberal, Kansas. Although they are only partially visible, there are signs for at least three drug stores among the businesses in this picture. Starting from the left side, the first sign is for Taylor's Drugs. The next sign reads, "Dr. Beaty, Dentist, X-Ray." Another drug store sign is visible after that, then a sign for the Stoner Jewelry Company. Other signs on the left side of the street are less visible in the background. On the right side of the street, the sign for the Warren Hotel is visible, and farther in the background, to the left of the sign, another drug store and soda sign is partially visible. Other signs on the right side of the picture include a theater marquee, signs advertising Blatz Milwaukee Beer and Budweiser, and a sign reading, "Department Stores" on the far right. Many automobiles are visible along the street, and several people are also visible along the street.
previewDudley's Drug Store, Silver Lake, Kansas
This photograph shows an exterior view of Dudley's Drug Store in Silver Lake, Kansas. A man possibly identified as Dr. Dudley is visible sitting in a chair on the front porch of the store. Also visible on the right side of the picture is an elevator, and a man is visible standing in front of it. Partially visible in the background between the drug store and the elevator is a Union Pacific rail car.
previewPharmacy at Stansfield Drug Store, Topeka, Kansas
This photograph shows an interior view of the pharmacy room at Stansfield Drug Store, located at 632 Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. The back wall of the room is covered with shelves filled with bottles of chemicals and pharmacy supplies, and a sink is visible on the right side of the picture. Glass beakers used for mixing chemicals are visible on the counter top around the sink. Two men are standing at a counter and appear to be preparing prescriptions, while the third man is standing at a small table stand talking on a candlestick-style telephone. Two of the men are identified as Joe Schneider and Charles Cole, and the third man is an unidentified employee. In the upper left background of the picture, a basket hanging on cables is visible. The basket could be used to transfer filled prescriptions from the pharmacist in the room out an opening to the clerk at the pharmacy service counter.
previewCity Drug Store, Fredonia, Kansas
This photograph shows an interior view of the City Drug Store in Fredonia, Kansas. There are two women visible standing behind the soda fountain counter on the left side of the store, and a man is visible standing near the back of the store towards the right side of the picture. There is a glass display case visible on the right side of the picture. This may have been the opening of the drug store as several boquets of flowers are visible towards the back of the store. A sign by the wall near the back end of the counter advertises Whitman's Chocolates.
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