Gatewood Pharmacy - Seattle
The Gatewood Pharmacy located at 7023 Californian Ave S.W. was owned and operated by H. J. (Halron James) Carey beginning in 1911 until selling the business in 1929. Carey was born in Wisconsin in 1888; a 1912 graduate of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington, gained experience in the field by working as a clerk at the Quaker Drug, Co. and appears to have served in the U. S. Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1913 as a member of B-Company stationed in Seattle. He married Isobel Lawson in November 1914 and lived at 6941 Sylvan Way in West Seattle where they welcomed a son Bruce in 1920. The business appears to have been a combination pharmacy and soda shop as records show that Carey purchased a "Walrus Soda Fountain" in 1911 and advertised that feature in local ads. He also sold WW1 "War Bonds" at the pharmacy in 1918 and and sold radio parts from the establishment in the middle 1920's. He eventually sold the business to J. H. Little (who had operated the first drug store in West Seattle located at the beach) in 1902. Carey later became the manager of the Jameson Drug Store on First and Madison in Seattle and had lived on Capital Hill until his death in 1971 at the age of 82.
Note: The Gatewood Pharmacy bottle (in addition to the one from Campbell Drug Co.) are the only know examples of embossed drug store bottles from West Seattle - other than those from chain drug stores such as Bartell Drugs, Swift's Pharmacy and G. O. Guy.
Owl Pharmacy - Bellingham
A clear pharmacy bottle showing an owl sitting on a mortar and pestle from the Owl Pharmacy - Graham & Munch Props. of Bellingham (Circa 1906-1912).
Roslyn Pharmacy - Roslyn
Anthony Stoves, born in Germany in 1863 was previously in the mining business in Roslyn Washington when he purchased the pharmacy stock of Louis Speakers in 1902 and called his new store the Roslyn Pharmacy. His was the only pharmacy in town between 1902 through 1915 when the Central Pharmacy opened business as his only competitor. The Roslyn Pharmacy experienced a fire in 1916 which caused major damage which closed the building for a time as it had no insurance covering the losses. In addition to the pharmacy, Stoves had business interests as part owner of the local telephone lines and as part owner of a local undertaking business. The pharmacy remained in business until the death of Stoves in May, 1932.
German Drug Store - Tacoma
A clear pharmacy bottle from the German Drug Store (Wm. Duenkel) 1315 Pac. Ave. of Tacoma (1905-1910).
Campbell Drug Co. - Seattle
The Campbell Drug Co. was started by Oliver G. Campbell in 1910 in the area of Seattle known as West Seattle and he remained in the business until selling it to Swift's Pharmacy - a Seattle pharmacy chain in 1921. In addition to prescription medicines Campbell sold a variety of goods at the store including: "Seattle Ice Cream"; tickets to a Kodak exhibition featuring hundreds of "...enlarged pictorial enhancements"; Columbia Records "Grafonolas and double disc records" as well as quality mixed nuts from "The Nut House" located in downtown Seattle. The store changed hands again in 1926 and re-opened as the Jamieson-Daly Drug Store in the same West Seattle Junction location. Campbell next tried his hand in the promotion and selling of lots at Lake Killarney (near Federal Way) and then returned to the pharmacy business managing the Youngstown Pharmacy in West Seattle around 1935. While managing the pharmacy, he was arrested for possessing and operating gambling devices in 1938, posted bond of $25. and later forfeited bail for his release. Not much is know about him after this time other than he was listed in the 1940 U. S. Census as still being a pharmacist living in the Seattle area at age 58.
Note: The Campbell Drug bottle (in addition to the one from the Gatewood Pharmacy) are the only know examples of embossed drug store bottles from West Seattle - other than those from chain drug stores such as Bartell Drugs, Swift's Pharmacy and G. O. Guy.
Rex Drug Co. - Seattle
In 1889, Arthur Denny (1822-1899) and other early Seattle investors began construction on the Denny Hotel on the south summit of Denny Hill near today’s 3rd Avenue and Virginia Street. The financial Panic of 1893 halted their work, but a decade later flamboyant real estate developer and hotelier James A. Moore bought the property, completed the building, and opened it as the Washington Hotel. Alas, the Washington was destined for oblivion in the ensuing regrade project, which sluiced 7.5 million cubic feet of earth into Elliott Bay and lowered towering Denny Hill some 100 feet. The Washington Hotel was necessarily demolished, and then rebuilt on this site in 1908 as the 14-story New Washington Hotel (now the Josephinum). President Theodore Roosevelt was the New Washington’s first guest, and later Elvis Presley stayed there. James A. Moore built the New Washington and Dudley Green was the proprietor of The Rex Drug Co. which was located in the lobby of the hotel.