O. W. Tanke

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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 articles; a 1911 ad for their shampoo powder is below. Tanke died in 1942 at 67 in Indiana.
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