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Peoples Drug Company, A. J. Latimer, Prop., Tulsa, Oklahoma

mid-20th century

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Three (3) black-and-white photographic postcards of a Peoples Drug Company store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 2-story brick building has windows on both levels. The first-story windows at the proper left are labeled with the signage for a business that shares the building with the drug store. The windows on the proper right of the photograph show the drug store merchandise. The second story windows have striped awnings. There are three (3) signs on the exterior in between the first and second-level windows. The sign on the proper left is not fully legible. The sign in the middle reads [PEOPLES/ DRUG CO.] [Swift's/ Ice Cream], ]MALTED MILK/ JUMBO SODAS/ GINGER ALE]. The third sign, on the proper right, reads [DRUG STORE/ Coca-Cola/ [illegible]]. The text on the bottom of the card reads [Peoples Drug Company, A.J. Latimer, Prop., Tulsa, Oklahoma].

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2014.75.11.1-.3

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