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Oscar Rennebohm as a Young Man
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Oscar Rennebohm standing in front of the Badger Pharmacy on University Avenue. Behind him, across the street, the University of Wisconsin Physical Plant can be seen. Rennebohm purchased the bankrupt pharmacy in 1912 when he was still in his early 20s. He would eventually build it into a chain, Rennebohm Drug Stores, Inc., and Rennebohm, by then a wealthy man, went on to become governor of Wisconsin in 1947.
1912
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1912 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 6 x 10 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm records, 1907-1988 |
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| Call Number | PH 3344 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Rennebohm's Badger Pharmacy
1912
The Badger Pharmacy, 1320 University Avenue, at the corner of Randall about the time that Oscar Rennebohm took over the bankrupt operation.
Truman, Rennebohm, Thompson
October 14, 1948
President Harry Truman, Governor Oscar Rennebohm, and Senator Carl Thompson of Stoughton riding in the back of an open car during a Presidential visit to Madison in 1948. Although active in charit...
University of Wisconsin President Fred and Oscar Rennebohm
March 9, 1953
University President E.B. Fred and former governor Oscar Rennebohm posing in front of the first Rennebohm Drug Store in the 1300 block of University Avenue. During the course of its history this bu...
Rennebohm Signing a Bill
1949
Governor Oscar Rennebohm seated at a desk in the governor's office in the Capitol signing a bill. Rennebohm, the founder of the Rennebohm Drug Store chain in Madison, served as governor from 1947,...
Election Night
November 1948
Governor and Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm in the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street, listening to the election returns on the radio. Some of the mansion's decor is visible in the background. Renne...
President Fred, Oscar Rennebohm and Sensenbrenner
Seated from left to right are University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred, Governor Oscar Rennebohm, and UW Board of Regents President F.J. Sensenbrenner.
