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​Illinois bicentennial: Walgreens – America’s pharmacist – got start in state

Caleb Danner (right) is pictured with an unidentified man in 1901 in front of Walgreens’ first drugstore, at 4134 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. (Photo provided)

Caleb Danner (right) is pictured with an unidentified man in 1901 in front of Walgreens’ first drugstore, at 4134 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. (Photo provided)

Walgreens’ first stores were brighter and had wider aisles than competing pharmacies of the time. This store is pictured it 1910. (Photo provided)