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.
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>

Friday, October 24, 2008

The Secret Keeper - John Goplen

This site has as much information as any normal person would want to know about The J.R. Watkins Company. (I just keep digging). This first piece is about the friend I made a couple of weeks ago, the Archivist with J.R. Watkins, John Goplen. http://studentwebs.winona.edu/tlburke7782/eng211/watkins%20archivist.htm

Postcards - J.R. Watkins, Winona, MN

Miscellaneous Stuff



Watkins Museum in Winona, MN.
Our very own "System For Success".