Patent-medicine sales in Wilton

By | Posted July 29th, 2020 |

A salesman for Rawleigh’s Remedies, a purveyor of patent medicines, stops in the Wilton area in the 1920s or 1930s. Can you tell us more about this photo? Email [email protected] or call 337-4232. (Courtesy of Alice Brandau)

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