Geographic / Vermont / Readsboro
GUSN-364907
Photographic postcard depicting a Watkin's Remedies traveling salesman's wagon being pulled by two horses. The wagon sold products manufactured by the J. R. Watkins Company. In the bottom left corner of the recto, the following can be read: "C. G. Browne, salesman / Readsboro, VT".
advertising
business (commercial function)
wagons (cargo vehicles)
horse (animal)
sales personnel
health
natural
travel
photographic postcards
1 photographic postcard : 3 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.03.01.USVT.1285.001.001
circa 1919
Library & Archives purchase, 2024
Readsboro (Bennington county, Vermont)
Browne, C. G. (Commissioner)
photographic postcards
Browne, C. G.
J.R. Watkins Company
Photograph
Wagon
Horse
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Geographic / Vermont / Readsboro
The J. R. Watkins Company was founded in Plainview, Minnesota, by J. R. Watkins in 1868. Watkins first began selling liniment door-to-door. They eventually moved their headquarters to Winona, Minnesota. The company hired more door-to-door salesman across the United States of America. By the 1940s, Watkins was the largest direct-sales company in the world. Their success began to wane in the aftermath of World War II. Today, the company is selling products under the name Watkins Incorporated.
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