Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Just What We've Been Looking For!
For the past six years, we've tried every way we could think of, (libraries, Historical Society, the internet), to find information about The Watkins Medical Company, while they were located in Memphis, 1905-1965 +-. We never did come up with all we were hoping to, but I did have a thought out of the blue, look on ebay. And so we have. Neither one of us can believe we never thought of this before.
This is the front cover of a 1913 Watkins Almanac, Home Doctor And Cookbook. Isn't it beautiful?
This is the front cover of a 1913 Watkins Almanac, Home Doctor And Cookbook. Isn't it beautiful?
This is the back cover, it looks like some little person got hold of it. And, it has the Watkins Man's name on the bottom.
This beautiful building is the Watkins Administration Building in Winona, MN.
This beautiful building is the Watkins Administration Building in Winona, MN.
Some of the colorful advertisements.
Their prices seem extremely reasonable.
More pretty ads.
This is what we've been WAITING and LOOKING for, and it was on ebay all along. It's OUR Watkins buildings, well it's the first one, built in 1910. "WATKINS MEMPHIS BRANCH AT NIGHT". Can you believe it? We didn't have a clue that they worked at night. And look at the interior pictures. I cropped each one separately, and put recent pictures under each. (We realize no one else is going to enjoy this like we do).
Lit up for the night shift. 
Look at the old pictures, then imagine the people and things in the recent pictures. 
That green and beige thing, on the far side of the room, is the restroom. 
Lit up for the night shift. 
Look at the old pictures, then imagine the people and things in the recent pictures. 
That green and beige thing, on the far side of the room, is the restroom. 
Lovely, huh?
Here's a picture of the exterior. Look real close, you can see a horse and buggy, an automobile and a trolley car at the far right. 
Black and white picture as it looks now.
Color picture as it looks now. 
This is an email from John Goplen, the Archivist with Watkins. He's up there with that beautiful Administration Building in Winona. We were really hoping he was going to be the answer to all our questions. But that wasn't to be. He has been extremely helpful, and we really appreciate that. 
Here are the pictures he sent us a few weeks ago, we're just proud to have these. 
Here's a picture of the exterior. Look real close, you can see a horse and buggy, an automobile and a trolley car at the far right. 
Black and white picture as it looks now. Color picture as it looks now. 
This is an email from John Goplen, the Archivist with Watkins. He's up there with that beautiful Administration Building in Winona. We were really hoping he was going to be the answer to all our questions. But that wasn't to be. He has been extremely helpful, and we really appreciate that. 
Here are the pictures he sent us a few weeks ago, we're just proud to have these. 
John sent us the three pictures with the machines in them. We took the other three. Look at the tops of the columns.
Friday, October 31, 2008
The Watkins Man
J.D. Reeder, Marysville, Ohio.
This is how it reads. Outstanding circa 1910 real photo post card. Horse drawn delivery wagon with products sitting on ground beside wagon. Wagon marked WATKINS on the sides. This is how the rear of the wagon reads. J. D. Reeder, Marysville, Ohio. Agent for J.R. Watkins Medical Company. Winona, MN, USA. You can also see a WATKINS sign on the house, behind the wagon, this evidently being the place of business out of which Mr. Reeder works in Marysville, Ohio. Man, woman and boy in front of horse, most likely Mr. Reeder and his family.
Daniel W. Pflueger and his traveling Watkins Store.
C.G. Brown standing on the step of his Watkins Remedies wagon in Readsboro, Vermont.
E. J. Bennett, Minonk, Illinois.
Unknown Watkins Man.
This is how it reads. Outstanding circa 1910 real photo post card. Horse drawn delivery wagon with products sitting on ground beside wagon. Wagon marked WATKINS on the sides. This is how the rear of the wagon reads. J. D. Reeder, Marysville, Ohio. Agent for J.R. Watkins Medical Company. Winona, MN, USA. You can also see a WATKINS sign on the house, behind the wagon, this evidently being the place of business out of which Mr. Reeder works in Marysville, Ohio. Man, woman and boy in front of horse, most likely Mr. Reeder and his family.Daniel W. Pflueger and his traveling Watkins Store.
C.G. Brown standing on the step of his Watkins Remedies wagon in Readsboro, Vermont.E. J. Bennett, Minonk, Illinois.Unknown Watkins Man.Punch-out horse and wagon, compliments of your Watkins dealer.
Watkins salesman's Model T delivery truck box. Manufactured by Winona Wagon Company, Winona, MN. Used by A.H. Remund, 405 West College Street, Abert Lea, MN. Watkins factory scenes on both sides>
Watkins salesman's Model T delivery truck box. Manufactured by Winona Wagon Company, Winona, MN. Used by A.H. Remund, 405 West College Street, Abert Lea, MN. Watkins factory scenes on both sides>
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