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Ott's Drugstore

Date: 1904
Description: Interior view of Ott's Drugstore which was located at 21 North Pinckney Street.
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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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E.A. Horn's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Three men stand under the iconic mortar and pestle and striped awnings of E.A. Horn's Drugstore.
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Charles F. Tompkins Drugstore

Date: 1919
Description: Panoramic view showcasing impressive candy displays and a soda fountain in Tompkin's Drugstore on 63rd street.
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Olaf Noer Drugstore

Date: 1920
Description: Brick building containing the Olaf Noer Drugstore. A man (presumably Mr. Noer himself) poses in the doorway.
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Sumner's Drugstore

Date: 1910
Description: Mr. Sumner stands behind his drugstore's well-stocked candy counters.
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Joseph Mazureck Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of Mazureck Drugstore.
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Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
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E.S. Purdy's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of the E.S. Purdy Drugstore, including four employees.
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Kimberly and Elwers Drugstore

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the Kimberly & Elwers Drugstore. Pharmaceutical bottles line the shelves on the right side.
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Otto Boberg's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of Otto Boberg's Drugstore.
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McCandless Pharmacy Prescription Area

Date: 05 12 1949
Description: McCandless and assistant peek out from behind the prescription department window in the rear of the store.
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Trio of Druggists

Date: 04 30 1948
Description: A trio of pharmacists consult one another about a prescription order.
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Wartime Pharmacy

Date: 07 02 1942
Description: Interior of the Burke Pharmacy, complete with several prominent wartime posters and displays.
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Pharmacy in the War Exhibit

Date: 06 23 1947
Description: Eye-catching National Pharmacy Week window display at J.W. Hart's Pharmacy, show-casing the many ways in which pharmaceutical innovations were helping to w...
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Holsher Apothecary Cooler

Date: 11 10 1940
Description: Gilbert Holscher, store owner, investigates the stocks of biologicals in one of the store's 2 refrigerators. The card on top of the refrigerator was used o...
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Lemberger Pharmacy

Date: 11 26 1940
Description: View of the modest customer waiting area at Lemberger Pharmacy.
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Painting of Lyman Spalding

Date: 1955
Description: Photograph of an oil painting of Lyman Spalding, a founder of the United States Pharmacopeia, and its first chairman. The painting was done by the artist R...
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Making Pills

Date: 07 02 1942
Description: Pharmacist Edward Burke uses a small metal machine to help him make capsules of medicine. A woman is sitting at a table in the background.
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Scene from "Time for Tomorrow"

Date: 1955
Description: Women, as well as men, can find a rewarding career in hospital pharmacy, as depicted here in a shot from "Time for Tomorrow", a film produced by the Americ...

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