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Keep Smiling: 1902
Submitted by pabrown on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 4:29pm.
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"Doc" Cutright at the counter of his pharmacy in Louisville, Kansas. The calendar reads March, 1902. He wasn't really and M.D. All pharmacists back then were called "doc."
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The Recipe
Submitted by minko on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 7:10pm.
I think the pharmaceuticals of 1902 contained at least 80 proof white lightnin'. Is that Jaegermeister in the middle rack? I think I'll just KEEP SMILING as I take my prescriptions!
What's up, Doc?
Submitted by Mattie on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 2:14pm.
I love the details in this photo - the crazy wallpaper, the stray teddy bear, the bowls of...something...inside the glass case. I bet those nostrums and specifics and elixers on the back shelves were at least 40 proof.
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