I'll let the photos and the Iowa newspaper clippings tell the story. All I know is this man's name was Jim Saunders and he was a salesman for Dr. Bakers products. If you do a google search you'll find a lot of Dr. Bakers so it's hard to discern if the ones in the news clippings below are all about salesmen for the same company.
This is my selection for Sepia Saturday. Though not in sync with this week's prompt, I'm willing to bet there were plenty of sales reps nearby hoping to entice some of the fair attendees to sample their wares.
Either way, enjoy medicine the way it used to be. No insurance required. No cures guaranteed.
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Algona Courier, Sep. 27,1895
Quad City Times, Oct.11, 1879
Des Moines Register, May 22, 1887
Opinion Tribune, Dec. 10, 1896
Sioux Valley News, Feb. 6. 1902
Sioux Valley News, Sep. 7, 1905
Greene Recorder, April 1, 1908
Greene Recorder, Mar. 22, 1922
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