THIS IS YOUR PHARMACY MUSEUM!
This is your pharmacy museum… it belongs to everyone. If you have any suggestions for improvements or comments please contact me directly.
Thanks,
Bill Soderlund
bsoderlund@hickorytech.net
Explore the fascinating world of the early American drugstore on this website. Discover the history of the days before chemistry, before the advent of the scientific method to the birth of the large-scale drug manufacturing companies.
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| Rexall Theatrical Cold Cream and Creo-Derma | Welcome to the William & Joan Soderlund Pharmacy Museum
Welcome to the William & Joan Soderlund Pharmacy Museum located in Saint Peter Minnesota! This museum is dedicated to my father, a pharmacist from the old school who spent his life helping people.
Located at 201 South Third Street in Downtown Saint Peter Minnesota
For generations the pharmacy drugstore has been the symbol of every small town in America. This site attempts to explain and show the vital role the pharmacy has played in the American culture. The Pharmacy Museum website contains information about the historic practice of pharmacy of yesteryear. Make sure to check out the Pharmacognosy and "Old Drugs" sections which we are updating all the time. It contains information about historic botanicals and purified drugs.
QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME: Simply click on the guestbook section with your history or informational quesions and I will respond to you within a few days.
Pharmacy Museum contains a Show Globe Museum, a Soda Fountain Museum and a Patent Medicine Museum to name a few. Pharmacy Museum also contains a large collection of historic pharmacy, drug store apothecary and soda fountain memorabilia and artifacts. We are very proud that the Saint Peter Chamber of Commerce has included the Pharmacy Museum as one of the sites to see while in St. Peter Minnesota.
Thanks again for visiting Pharmacy Museum! We hope you will enjoy our presentation and please sign the Pharmacy Museum guest book.
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| Lighted Show Globe from 1916 with rotating red wheel inside | Show Globes
Show globes were the symbol for pharmacy for centuries. Here is an example of a lighted electric show globe that reads, "Let us fill your prescriptions", and dates to 1916. For more info about this click on "show globes".
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| Drugstore Museum LUG Bottles | Drugstore and Pharmacy Museum Online
Some items on display at the Drugstore and Pharmacy Museum include show globes, apothecary bottles, antique pharmacy and medical instruments and an authentic soda fountain from the turn of the last century.
The Pharmacy Museum bottles pictured at the right are called "Label Under Glass" or LUG bottles. They would normally be found in any turn of the century pharmacy and contained herbal extracts that pharmacists used in their compounding practice.
Make sure to select this site www.drugstoremuseum.com as one of your favorites to see the frequent changes made to Pharmacy Museum Online!
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| Drugstore Apothecary cabinet circa 1900 | Drugstore Pharmacy Museum Apothecary Cabinets
This image is representative of any drug store or pharmacy cabinet that would typically be found along Main Street USA during from the 1900's through the 1930's. These apothecary cabinets were designed to hold tinctures and decoctions in the top part and crude drugs, (herbals), in the drawers below.
The druggist would use the crude drugs to extract the active ingredients either with water or alcohol. Prior to 1907 there were no safeguards or standards for these crude drugs. With the implementation of the Pure Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1907, standards for cleanliness and potency were established.
Most druggists were either growing their own herbal crude drugs or they were purchasing them from reputable dealers like the Eli Lilly Company in Indianapolis. For more information about this subject click on the pharmacognosy button.
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Drugstore Pharmacy Museum
The Pharmacy Museum website contains the history of the American pharmacy as well as interesting historical explanations. Pharmacy Museum additionally contains many images of pharmacy items that are of historical importance.
This pharmacy museum is provided to give a slightly different perspective about the history of the pharmacy than found on most other Pharmacy Museums websites. This pharmacy museum celebrates what is commonly referred to as the American drugstore.
Drugstore, drug store, museum, apothecary, pharmacies, pharmacy, pharmacy memorabilia, pharmaceutical collecting, apothecary, Pharmacy Heritage, history, story, chronicle
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Where to find the William & Joan Soderlund Pharmacy Museum
This pharmacy museum is provided to give a slightly different perspective about the history of the drugstore than found on most other Drugstore Museums websites. You can visit Drugstore Museum on line or in person.
The William A. Soderlund, Sr. Pharmacy Museum is located at Soderlund Village Drug in downtown St. Peter, Minnesota. For more information about how to contact us click here.
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