Albany Historical Society Museum
117-119 North Water Street
Albany, WI 53502
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The Albany Historical Society Museum is home to the Wilbur Dehmer Collection and his personal scrapbook. A local druggist (or pharmaceutist, in modern parlance), collector, outdoorsman, and musician, he ran Albany’s locally owned Dehmer Rexall Drugs from 1940 to 1973, and along with Wilbur’s personal scrapbook, the museum is also home to the soda fountain and decorations that were once used in Wilbur’s drug store.
The scrapbook itself is actually much older, dating from the 1800s, having originally belonged to one James E. Liter. It served as a ledger and day book in its original capacity, and the Helena Shot Tower scrapbook featured on October 2, it was repurposed by a later owner for personal use.
Wilbur’s additions included a hand-written subject index and table of contents, and clippings of personal interest that he pasted onto the pages, usually corresponding to the index, which now cover about a third of the scrapbook. The clippings pictured here are, for example, from National Sportsman Magazine. The scrapbook was then donated to the Albany Historical Society Museum by Wilbur’s daughter and son-in-law in 1999.
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Entry Compiled by Duane Rodel
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