Historic Drug Stores |
... and the Memphis Drug Supply Houses |
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An establishment where pharmacy is practiced is called
an apothecary, a pharmacy, chemist's, or drug store.
American Drug stores not only sell prescription drugs
but also miscellaneous items like candy, cosmetics,
office supplies and magazines. In addition, most
of the vintage drug stores traditionally featured a
light refreshment area called "Soda Fountains". It
was a special treat to sit at the counter and have the
"soda jerk" prepare a soda or ice cream sundae,
especially for you. The fountain-area of a drug
store was indispensable in the heat of the summer.
During the turn of the century, Memphis had several
well-known drug stores in the downtown area -
Moseley-Robinson and Pantaze. During one period of
time, Pantaze was featured almost on every corner.
And all neighborhoods had their own family-run drug
stores, where you knew the druggist by his first name. |
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During
this same period Memphis was the leader in the wholesale drug
market and took great pride in being home to several of the
largest drug supply houses in the United States. The names
of the drug supply houses were prominently displayed on many
buildings in downtown Memphis, generally on Main Street.
They all gave employment to many Memphians. Among
the earliest company's were the
S. Mansfield Drug Co and Van Vleet Drugs. There were also Hessig-Ellis,
Tri-Tone Drug Co, Memphis Drug Co, and later, a major
player, Plough Inc. |
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Fortune-Ward Drug Co
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279 1/2 Main . 9 N. Main
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Thomas
Preston Fortune sold his first drugstore in Hickman, KY and
moved to Memphis in 1883, where he opened a drug store in the
Gayoso Hotel. Then, in partnership with Mr. Ward, they
moved to 9 North Main, across from Court Square - where the
Kress building is today. During the hot summer
evenings, there were concerts at Court Square's bandstand and
folks drove in from all around in their buggies. After the
concerts everyone went across the street to Fortune-Ward Drug
Store for an ice cream or cooling soda. The crowds were so
large that there wasn't enough room inside the store. So
Fortune's son Harold recognized a bonanza and simply started
serving outside. |
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And in
1906 that's where the world's first "curb service" began ... right
at Memphis' Court Square... |
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Fortune
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New Bldg |
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Fortune's sign |
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By
1914, Fortune-Ward moved to a new location at 111 Madison
Av. Curb service continued and became even more popular -
so much so that the Police asked Fortune not to advertise.
But there were still traffic jams waiting for curb service.
To solve this problem, Harold Fortune opened a place on
Union-Somerville in 1920. And another In 1924 at Union and
Waldran - near Central High. The students swarmed in after
school. In the evening, an older crowd came. Harold
sold the drug business in 1933, but kept the fountain and grill,
naming it Fortune's Jungle Garden.
Curb
service was still available but now it had become the world's
first "Drive in".
And yes, they did manufacture their own ice cream - and sold it
to other drug stores as well. |
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Hamner-Ballard Drugs
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299 Main
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The
Hamner-Ballard Drug Store dates from 1895 and they remained at
the same Main Street address for the next 26 years. The
original address was 299 Main, next to the Peabody Hotel.
When the numbering system changed in 1905, it became 13-15 S.
Main. This was one of the first Drug Stores to realize
that there's more money in the soda fountain than in
prescription drugs. But this store had "real class" with
beautiful marble counters and marble and brass soda dispensers.
Plus they had a Tea Room in the rear - a quiet, subdued place to
enjoy your afternoon tea while listening to live orchestra
music every afternoon from 3 to 6. Even a major fire
in 1911 didn't put a damper on this popular meeting place. |
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Hamner-Ballard |
Classy
Soda Fountain |
H-B Tea Pot |
H-B Tea |
Fire 1911
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Hamner-Ballard Bottle |
Hamner-Ballard Bottle |
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Battier's Drugs
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209-11 Beale Street |
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Battier's was a well known Memphis Drug Store which owes a great
deal of its fame to the famous Hooks Brothers photo taken in
1906. The store, at 290 Beale, was in continuous
operation from 1896 to 1960. Because it was open all
night, it was considered an unofficial emergency room for those
injured in an excess of Beale Street revelry. Abe Plough
purchased the store in 1914 and it was renamed Pantaze in 1929.
The all night
policy and the unofficial emergency room status continued until
1960. When Beale was "re-developed", this building was the
first to be renovated. The upper floors had been home
to the Mitchell Hotel and Club Handy |
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Battier Drugs |
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RX Bottle |
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Pantaze Drugs .
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Downtown Locations |
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The old
saying "... one on every corner" must have originated with Pantaze
Drugs. At one time there were 7 of them in downtown Memphis:
Main at Calhoun, Main at Jefferson, Main at Madison, Main at Union,
Main at Monroe, Main at Beale, Hernando at Beale. The history of Pantaze Drugs
is currently not available. |
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Main at
Monroe |
Main-Monroe Fountain |
Main at
Calhoun |
Main at
Beale |
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Main at
Madison |
Main at
Madison |
Main at
Madison |
Main at
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Main at
Union |
Beale at
Hernando |
Beale at
Hernando |
Beale at
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Moseley-Robinson Drugs
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105 S. Main . 2-4 Main at Madison |
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The
Moseley-Robinson Drug Co opened about 1907. The original store
had been organized by Wiley Jones Cox in 1905 as
Moseley-Robinson-Cox Drug Co. The next year Cox sold his
interest to his partner, Thomas Aubrey Robinson, who dropped Cox
from the name. The "Moseley" was in honor of his wife's
family. From 1907 to 1914 there was a Moseley Robinson Drugs
at 105 S. Main, near Goldsmiths. In 1910, they added a 2nd
store at 2-4 N. Main, corner of Main and Madison. That store
lasted until 1958. Today, the building is still there and has
been occupied by Walgreen's since 1959. |
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105 S.
Main . 1924 |
105 S.
Main . 1943 |
105 S.
Main . 1943 |
Interior |
105 S.
Main . Today |
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Moseley-Robinson 1940 |
Main-Madison 1915 |
Main-Madison 1912 |
Madison |
Main-Madison |
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Fountain
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Fountain
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Moseley-Robinson Menu |
M-R Menu |
Rx Bottles |
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James S. Robinson Apothecary .
22 North Second |
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The James
S. Robinson Apothecary was one of the oldest pharmacies in Memphis.
It began doing business during the Civil War and remained in
business through the early twentieth century. Mr. Robinson came to
Memphis from Pennsylvania and opened his first store in 1869.
During the yellow fever epidemics of the 1870s, he endeared himself
to Memphians by keeping his drugstore open. Robinson's
Apothecary is about the only Drug Store in town that wanted no part
of the popular soda fountains. After his death in
1929, his daughter Mary continued the business. It was sold in 1965
to pharmacists who eventually dropped the Robinson name. The
Robinson Apothecary Building is still standing. It has been
renovated into high-end business offices and the building is now
named - The Apothecary. |
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22 N. 2nd .
1943 |
James S.
Robinson |
Interior |
22 N. 2nd
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Prescription Ledger |
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Heroin
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Heroin |
Rx Bottle |
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Billhead |
Cordial |
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Crock |
Vintage
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1890s |
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Doughty-Robinson Drugs .
1083 Union Av and other locations |
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Lorenzo Doughty and Andrew Robinson opened their first store
in 1923. Soon afterwards they opened branches on Union,
Chelsea, Jefferson, Lamar, Madison, North Parkway, Poplar, and
Summer. All of their stores had soda fountains which made
them a neighborhood favorite. But by 1953 the store at
1083 Union was the only one remaining, and it closed in 1954.
Many of their buildings are still around and the store at 1635
Union is still being used by Wiles-Smith Drug Store, which is
thought to be the ONLY Memphis drug store, which still has
a soda fountain.
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D-R at Gayoso
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Walgreen's
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Numerous
locations... |
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Pantaze
was originally the dominant Drug Store Chain in Memphis and
Walgreen's probably holds that record now, but CVS is pushing it.
Many of the choice locations and buildings in the downtown area that
were occupied by Pantaze Drugs are now occupied by Walgreen's.
They began moving in during the late 1930s.
Today Walgreen's "super stores" are in virtually every neighborhood.
The super Walgreen's and the new "contender" CVS will not be covered
on this page. |
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Main at
Union . 1951 |
Main at
Union . 1950s |
Main at
Madison . 1960 |
Main-Madison . today |
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The Historic Neighborhood Drug Stores |
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The
old Corner Drug Store brings to mind a kind of nostalgic
reflection of days gone by. It was a time when everyone had a
strong allegiance to their neighborhood drugstore, which was
invariably located on a prominent corner and was owned and
operated by a local pharmacist who cared about the community.
He and his family probably lived upstairs. His store
was a place where you could get almost anything - from friendly
conversation to items like magazines, greeting cards, cosmetics,
and film. The pharmacist knew everyone by name - in fact,
he knew everything. And it wasn't unusual for him to open
the store in the middle of the night to fill an emergency
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The heart
of the corner drug store was the soda fountain with a counter where
you could sit and have a "cherry coke", ice cream sundae, milkshake,
or even an egg salad sandwich. The soda fountain became the
gathering place where teenagers could socialize. Everybody
knew everybody. Sit there for a short time and several of your
friends would come in. Yes, the old corner drug store
was surely a prescription for happiness. Do you
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Purdy-Jester Drug Store
2129 Madison at Cooper
Nov 27, 1974: After
46 years of business, the store's equipment and
effects are auctioned off. Purdy and his
partner, Thomas Jester, lost the store's lease three
months ago do to the expansion of Overton Square.
Webmaster Gene Gill has a fondness for this drug
store's soda fountain. His first job as a soda
jerk was here in 1946 earning 25 cents an hour.
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Paris
Drug Store
Poplar at Evergreen
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S. S. Drug Store
Poplar and High Streets
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Wilson Drug
Store
Beale Street
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South Memphis
Drug
Co
909 Florida Street
The South Memphis Drug Co is listed in the 1917
Memphis Directory and continues up to at least 1948.
In this photo, the Memphis Red Sox owners stand in
front of the Drug Store, circa 1930s.
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Ray Moran Drugs
865 Kerr
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Wiles-Smith Drug Store
1635 Union Av.
At the turn of the 20th century, The American trend
for soda fountains inside a pharmacy began to emerge
at the turn of the 20th century. By the 1920s
almost every drug store in the US had a soda
fountain. It became a social hub. The
tradition died around the 1970's when fast food
stores became more popular. Wiles-Smith Drug
Store with its original soda fountain, keeps this
tradition alive. It is the only remaining
fountain in Memphis.
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Reeves DrugStore
1705 Lamar
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Katz Drug
Store
Lamar-Airways Shopping Center
The FIRST Katz Drugs
in Memphis ... 1954 |
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White Way Drugs
Cleveland & Overton
Abe
Plough owned the White Way Drugs from 1929. |
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Dixie
Drug
Store
1084 Thomas
The
Dixie was in business during the 20s and 30s.
It was Owned by Frances Freedman, one of the
earliest women pharmacists in Memphis.
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Sheehan's Pharmacy
1292 Madison
From
1910-1936 . The vintage building is still
there including the mosaic tile entrance at the
doorway.
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Liggett's Drug Store
Jefferson and Main Street
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Cardwell Drug Store
Cleveland and Watkins
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Cowles Drug Store
664 Main Street
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Today |
Cowles Drugs was located across from Central Station
in 1902. The building is still there today. |
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Ballin
Drug
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Poplar - Evergreen
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Drug Store
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Prescott Drug
Store
1430 S. Bellevue Av
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Opened 1951 ... Closed 7-1995 .
Thanks Jack Walker
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"Memphis is
a Good Town for Soda Fountains..."
This
interesting article about the Soda Fountains in the Memphis Drug
Stores was published in "The Druggists Circular" Magazine,
April 1912 > |
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The Memphis Drug
Supply Houses |
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As the gateway
to the mid-South and the great Southwest, Memphis was favored
with a superb location. This location was instrumental in
attracting diverse manufacturers to consider the city for their
distribution centers. Many of them did establish
manufacturing and distribution warehouses mostly around South
Main Street to be near railroads and the river traffic.
Quite a few of these companies were wholesale drug companies
which led Memphis to become a dominant force in the
manufacturing-distribution of drugs in the United States.
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S. Mansfield Drug
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Samuel
Mansfield began as an apothecary in Memphis in 1840. Around
1870 he partnered with Hugh H. Higbee to
manufacture medicines. These included Mansfield's
Hungarian Balsam for the Lungs, Mansfield's Eclectic Pile Salve
and Mansfield's Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial.
But the
major product sold by Mansfield's Company was the "La Creole"
line of hair dressings. This preparation was originally
called the "Louisiana Creole Hair Restorer". S.
Mansfield Drug Co was always located on Main Street. The
earliest address was 301-303 Main from 1876-1880. In 1882
he moved to 334 Main and 2 years later to 296 Main. Around
1895 the Drug Co was acquired by Van Vleet Drugs and the La
Creole products became a major line for the Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug
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334 Main . 1888 |
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Van Vleet-Mansfield
Drug Co |
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As the leader in
the wholesale drug market Memphis took great pride in being the home
to Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co., one of the largest drug firms in
the United States,
The name of this firm became a household word
throughout the South. Peter Van Vleet, president of the company,
was the guiding spirit behind the name. He was born in Michigan in
1849 and came to Memphis in 1871 where his life became a series of
successes, which culminated in the Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. |
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At the beginning he worked
as a drug clerk for fourteen years, and established his own
wholesale drug firm called Van Vleet & Co. in 1884. He enjoyed
10 prosperous years of business and then merged with three local
wholesale drug companies and established the Van Vleet-Mansfield
Drug Co. around 1895. He created this colossal pattern of
success through his guidance and by his service-driven
attitude. The result was one of the largest and most
progressive wholesale drug companies in the country.
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Peter Van
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In 1866 Van Vleet & Company were located at 361 Main - almost
next door to the Mansfield Drug Co. After the 1895 merger with
Mansfield the firm moved to 322-324 Main
(The re-numbering of Main Street changed the address to 48-54 S.
Main in 1905 - the address where the Pantages-Warner Theatre
will be built in 1920).
The firm occupied all 6 floors of the building and employed 175
full-time employees. They also maintained a warehouse on
Monroe. |
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48-54
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48-54 Main . 1906 |
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Van Vleet
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Paperweight |
Receipt
1898 |
La Creole |
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Spoon |
Hair
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La Creole
1917 |
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The Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug company remained at the 48-54 Main Street
address until 1917.
They had been building their new building on the corner of
Second and Gayoso and moved in upon its completion. In 1929
the company merged with McKesson-Robbins and the new company
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1927 .
Van Vleet-Mansfield envelope |
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For over 30 years the Van-Vleet building was The
Fulmer Companies headquarters and distribution center. This
historic building has recently been completely renovated
into a mixed-use facility with 60 loft apartments and 15,000 sq
ft of commercial space . It is now called "Van Vleet Flats". |
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Flats . today |
Peter Van Vleet has comprehensive
coverage on another page:
Click Here |
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Hessig-Ellis Drug
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Robert R.
Ellis |
Hessig-Ellis |
107 S.
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Hessig-Ellis |
H-E ad |
Q-Ban ad |
Packing
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Robert R.
Ellis (1878 -1930) was President of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce
and had spearheaded the Auditorium project. A native of West Point, Mississippi, he became a trained
Pharmacist and drug store owner, moved to Memphis and founded the Hessig-Ellis Drug Company. After a merger with Van Vleet Drugs the name changed to Van Vleet-Ellis Drugs, Inc.
After his death in 1930, the
Memphis Auditorium was renamed "Ellis Auditorium" .
From around 1900-1915 Hessig-Ellis was at 107-111 S. Main (the
Woolworth Building, which still exists). Around 1915
they moved to their new 8 storey building at S. Front St and McCall
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The
number one product at Hessig-Ellis was Q-Ban Hair Restorer.
It was advertised internationally in all the important
magazines. And it was "guaranteed". This resulted in a number of lawsuits for the company.
(Today, the Q-Ban Hair Product is in the collection of the Smithsonian
Museum of American History). The company was involved in
additional lawsuits because they set up a
totally fictitious "black-owned" company (Golden Brown
Chemical Co), run by the fictitious Madame Mamie Hightower, to market products
exclusively to African Americans. |
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1923
Catalog |
Mace |
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Btl Ginger |
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Tri-Tone Drug
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The
Tri-Tone Drug Manufacturing Co was established about 1909 at 422 S.
Main. Their trade increased tremendously and they added
another plant at 289 Madison Av and a branch in Ancon, Republic
of Panama. Their main products were well-known laxatives -
Lax-Ana and Kin-Lax. The plant also stocked the Kincannon's
Stomach Powder and Jopling's Perfumes and Toilet Waters. Their
beautiful Beaux Arts building at 422 S. Main now houses the National
Civil Rights Museum. |
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Tri-Tone
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Laxative
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LAX |
Lax 1906 |
Bottle |
Lax-Ana |
Kin Lax |
Tri-Tone
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Memphis Drug Co |
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The
Memphis Drug Co was organized in 1903 and located at 83 South
2nd Street, across from the Peabody Hotel. They were there
a long time - up to 1920. In 1921 they moved to 120 N.
Front. Virtually no other information is currently
available on this company. |
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Organized 1903 |
83 S. 2nd . 1950s |
83 S. 2nd
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W. T. Rawleigh Co. |
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The W. T.
Rawleigh Company of Freeport, Illinois, was one of the country's
largest producers of patent medicines, cosmetics, insecticides, and
spices. They were hugely successful and are still in business. The
Rawleigh Company opened the Memphis factory at Illinois and
Pennsylvania in 1912 and it was the largest Rawleigh manufacturing
plant in the country. The building is still standing, although
now abandoned. W. T. Rawleigh was noted for their traveling salesmen
who would leave "free trials", knowing that the products would sell
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Ointment |
Allspice |
Horse Dip |
Ginger |
Horse
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Asafen |
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Plough Inc. |
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In 1908, Abe Plough borrowed $125 from his father to start his own
business, the Plough Chemical Company. With the money, he
created his first product "Plough's Antiseptic Healing Oil" in a
small room above his father's store and set out in his father's
horse-drawn buggy to sell the product. Success was almost
immediate. Within two years his business doubled and he
entered the patent drug business and branched out into cosmetics.
In 1920 he added aspirin to the line when he bought the St. Joseph
Company. In 1967 he purchased Maybelline Cosmetics. The
famous products associated with Plough Inc. are legendary.
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Early in his career, Plough purchased the old Battier's Drug
Store on Beale Street, with an idea to start a chain of stores
where he could sell his products. The store was renamed
Pantaze Drugs and it was the first of many in the Memphis area.
By the late 1930's he had given up the notion of owning his own
drug stores and began leasing the stores to Walgreen's, a major
Plough client. In 1947 the Main-Union Walgreen's burned.
Owner Abe Plough and Plough Broadcasting combined to build a new
structure called "Radio Center". Station WMPS used the top
floors and Walgreen's used the ground floor. That building
has recently been renovated and is now called "Radio Flats". |
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Battiers
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Beale at
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Black-White Powder |
St. Joseph Aspirin |
Maybelline |
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Abe
Plough retired in 1976 to devote his energies to
philanthropy. His generosity to the community is legendary. His many
gifts were often made as "challenge grants,"... "to
help the greatest number of people in order to do the most good."
The Plough Foundation is devoted to the welfare of the
community and is administered in his name by his heirs.
In 1971 Plough Inc merged with the Schering Corporation, becoming
Schering-Plough. In 2009 Schering-Plough merged with Merck &
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McKesson-Robbins
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The Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. built their new building on the
corner of Second and Gayoso and moved in upon its completion in
1917. Van Vleet merged with McKesson-Robbins around 1929 and the
McKesson-Robbins name went on the building, where it remained until the 1980s.
Mckesson-Robbins was founded in New York City in 1833 as Olcott &
McKesson, an importer and wholesaler of botanical drugs.
A third partner, Daniel Robbins joined the firm and the name became
McKesson-Robbins in 1853. In 1855 the company became one of
the first wholesale firms to actually manufacture drugs. They
also began to expand and have
branches in many cities. Memphis was one of those cities.
Today, the company is known as "McKesson Inc" and is one of the
oldest continually operating businesses in the United States. |
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McKesson
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M-B Bldg . 1950s |
M-K Bldg
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McKesson
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Partners |
Vintage Rx |
Tawn Talc |
Boric
Acid |
... in
every Medicine Cabinet |
Delivery
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W. N. Wilkerson &
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W. N.
Wilkerson & Co was in business from as early as 1864 up to 1921.
During this 57 year period the firm was located for a very long time at
334 Main. In 1902, the business on Main Street was sold and by
1904
W. N. apparently opened another wholesale drug business, W. N. Wilkerson &
Son, at 117-119 Union. They were at this location for 7
years and then moved to 324-328 S. Front for many years.
When a business is productive this long and maintains an active listing
in the Memphis directories, you would expect to find some information
about them. There's just no information available. |
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334 Main . 1888 |
117-119
Union Av |
324-328 S. Front |
1880
Trade Card |
Sale 1902 |
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1882 Ad |
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RX Bottle |
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Goodspeed Article |
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Ellis-Jones Drug
Co |
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The
Ellis-Jones Drug Co started as the Ellis Lilybeck Drug Co around
1912. They were located at 157 Union Av. In 1915 the
name changed to Ellis Jones Drug Co and the following year they
moved to a new building at 110-120 Court Avenue, remaining there
through 1924. Virtually no other information is currently
available. It's not known at this time if the "Ellis" in
the name is the same as in Hessig-Ellis.
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Building
1907 |
157 Union . 1915 |
Envelope 1907 |
Letter 1915 |
Rx Jug |
New Bldg 1915 |
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Today, four of
the world's top Pharmaceutical companies have major operations in
Memphis
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