1902-1940(?)
Otto W. Tanke took over Emil Dorner’s drug store at 557 N. Clark St. in 1902, just four years after passing the Board of Pharmacy. In the early 1900s, Tanke established the Lavox Company, manufacturing chemicals, drugs, and toilet…
"No portion of said property shall ever be leased, rented, sold, or conveyed to or occupied by any person who is not of the Caucasian race, except in the capacity of domestic servant employed by the owner of said property." (Source: Plat #14410768,…
"No portion of this land shall ever be sold, rented, occupied or conveyed to any person not a member of Caucasian race, nor shall any building thereon be occupied by any person or persons not a Caucasian whether grantee is by deed or other…
"No portion of this land shall ever be sold, rented, occupied or conveyed to any person not a member of Caucasian race, nor shall any building thereon be occupied by any person or persons not a Caucasian whether grantee is by deed or other…
1877-1894
Brothers Thomas and William Wood established their pottery on the Burslem Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal, near a recently-built wharf; fittingly, they called the venture New Wharf Pottery. The 1880 advertisement below promotes the…