Tobe Smith Drugstore, Bloomington, Indiana, circa 1882
| Description: |
Whole plate tintype depicting men posing in front of a drug store. Painted on the brick is Drugs / Paints / Oils & / Glass. A typed note with the photograph reads: South Side Square, about 1880 / George Buskrik [sic Burkirk], Tobe Smith, Joseph Smith (father of Mrs. Chester Tourner who presented this tintype to the World-Telephone) and Greeves, father and son.The original tintype is laterally reversed, as was standard for the tintype process. Also included in this catalog record is a digitally flipped image for easier readability. |
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| Origin: | 1882, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/1FFC69D8-E0C7-4B5E-8CCB-004003036370 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
West Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
David Yount Collection Drugstores Jewelers Storefronts Merchandise displays Signs (Notices) Tintypes Bloomington (Ind.) Monroe County (Ind.) |
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