People’s Drug Store, Seventh & K, Washington, D.C., circa 1920. Candy, prescriptions and abdominal belts.
People’s Drug store, 31st & M Streets N.W., Washington, D.C., circa 1921. Hair tonic, face powder, cherry phosphates.
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“Cherry phosphates”?
A wholesome combination of cherry flavoured syrup, ice, carbonated water and phosphoric acid (or possibly lemon juice).
http://www.ehow.com/how_2309347_make-cherry-phosphate.html
Made to order by a “soda jerk”…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_jerk
Ah the good old days when drugstores sold good old drugs: http://www.zmescience.com/9-reasons-why-there-wasnt-stress-in-the-good-old-days-000007
One must never forget the pharmacological Gold Standard of Intra-Cranial Plumbate Therapy.Efficacious, cheap, quick and widely available.
What’s a soda book? I know what a soda jerk is, and no, it’s not what I thought.
I’m guessing a “soda book” is a book of vouchers or “soda checks” that can be traded for soft drinks at other branches of the drug store. Maybe.
Love the olde photos. For all the strangeness, it’s amazing how familiar everything is. I could walk in to that store and understand most of what’s for sale.
Wow, facing that every night must have been a nightmare