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Cleveland State University EngagedScholarship@CSU MSL Academic Endeavors eBooks Books 12-2017 The Legacy of the Pharmacy Industry: Cleveland, Ohio Richard Klein Cleveland State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/msl_ae_ebooks Part of the Business Commons, and the History Commons How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! Recommended Citation Klein, Richard, "The Legacy of the Pharmacy Industry: Cleveland, Ohio" (2017). MSL Academic Endeavors eBooks. 5. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/msl_ae_ebooks/5 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Books at EngagedScholarship@CSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSL Academic Endeavors eBooks by an authorized administrator of EngagedScholarship@CSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Legacy of the Pharmacy Industry Cleveland, Ohio Richard Klein, Ph.D. THE LEGACY OF THE PHARMACY INDUSTRY CLEVELAND, OHIO RICHARD KLEIN PHD. The Legacy of the Pharmacy Industry: Cleveland, Ohio Richard Klein, PhD An accessible format of this book can be downloaded from http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/msl_ae_ebooks/5/ This Book is brought to you for free and open access at EngagedScholarship@CSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSL Academic Endeavors eBooks by an authorized administrator of EngagedScholarship@CSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2017 MSL Academic Endeavors Imprint of Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University Published by MSL Academic Endeavors Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library 2121 Euclid Avenue Rhodes Tower, Room 501 Cleveland, Ohio 44115 http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/ ISBN-10: 1-936323-64-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-936323-64-7 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... i INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... ii CHAPTER 1 APOTHECARIES BECOME PHARMACIES .......................................................................... 4 ENDNOTES ......................................................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER 2 HOMEGROWN PHARMACIES & MARSHALL DRUGSTORES ...................................... 27 ENDNOTES ......................................................................................................................... 65 CHAPTER THREE THE LEGACY OF THE STANDARD DRUGSTORE CHAIN ............................................. 73 ENDNOTES ......................................................................................................................... 98 CHAPTER FOUR REVCO DISCOUNT DRUG CENTERS ............................................................................... 104 ENDNOTES ....................................................................................................................... 138 CHAPTER FIVE WEINBERGER DRUG IS GRAY DRUG ............................................................................. 148 ENDNOTES ....................................................................................................................... 176 CHAPTER SIX POST-WAR INDEPENDENTS IN CLEVELAND COME OF AGE ................................... 183 ENDNOTES ....................................................................................................................... 203 CHAPTER SEVEN BERNIE SHULMAN’S & MARC’S DISCOUNT DRUGSTORES ..................................... 209 ENDNOTES ....................................................................................................................... 224 CHAPTER EIGHT GROWING ROLE OF PHARMACIES IN OUR LIVES TODAY ....................................... 229 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................... 238 INDEX .................................................................................................................................... 264 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1: Mid-century Pharmacist at work ........................................................................................ 24 Figure 2: Marshall Corner Drug Store, ca 1920s ................................................................................ 59 Figure 3: Soda fountain workers learning their trade ....................................................................... 60 Figure 4 Soda fountain workers in training ........................................................................................ 60 Figure 5: Shoppers browsing the aisles at Marshall Drug for special deals, ca 1950 ...................... 61 Figure 6: Display counter in Marshall Drug Store, ca. 1950 .............................................................. 61 Figure 7: Specialized service at prescription counter--Marshall Drug .............................................. 62 Figure 8: Toiletries and other sundries found at Marshall Drug, ca. 1955 ....................................... 62 Figure 9: Marshall Drug headquarters at Public Square, ca. 1965 ................................................... 63 Figure 10: Dining at Marshall Drugstore in Parma, Ohio, ca. 1960 .................................................. 64 Figure 11: Standard Drug corner store, ca. 1925 .............................................................................. 89 Figure 12: Standard Drugstore, corner of East 6th Street and Superior Avenue, ca. 1930 ............ 90 Figure 13: Morning commuters eating breakfast at Standard Drug ................................................ 91 Figure 14: Early headquarters for Standard Drug Co. ....................................................................... 92 Figure 15: Busy register at Standard Drug ......................................................................................... 93 Figure 16: Soda fountain service at Standard Drug ........................................................................... 93 Figure 17: Standard Drug interior, ca. 1950 ...................................................................................... 94 Figure 18: Standard Drug exterior, ca. 1950 ..................................................................................... 94 Figure 19: Standard Drug at the corner of East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland ............................................................................................................................................. 95 Figure 20: Standard Drug located at the corner of Cedar and Warrensville Center Roads, 1941 . 96 Figure 21: The Standard Drug Company Managers Group, 1956 .................................................... 97 Figure 22: Architectural rendering of new Revco headquarters, ca. 1965 ....................................134 Figure 23: A neat and orderly Revco Drugstore, ca. 1970 ..............................................................134 Figure 24: 20th birthday celebration for Revco D.S. .......................................................................135 Figure 25: Proposed store front design for Revco Drug at corner of East 9th and Euclid Avenues, Cleveland, Ohio .................................................................................................................................136 Figure 26: E.R. Squibb and Sons honor 20 million prescriptions filled at Revco, 1967 .................136 Figure 27:300,000,000 RX customer receives an award from Revco officials ...............................137 Figure 28: Downtown Cleveland Weinberger store in the aftermath of a bombing strike, 1939 166 Figure 29: Weinberger Store window display, New Year’s 1953 ...................................................167 Figure 30: Weinberger Store grand opening window display ........................................................168 Figure 31: Popular wines at Gray Drug Stores .................................................................................169 Figure 32: Gray Drug Store’s Toyland, ca. 1950 ..............................................................................170 Figure 33: Gray Drug window display, National Pharmacy Week, 1955 ........................................171 Figure 34: "Where Spending is Saving" at Gray Drug, ca. 1960 ......................................................172 Figure 35: A modern prescription counter, Gray Drug Store, ca. 1960 .........................................173 Figure 36: Gray Drug Store self-service comes of age, ca. 1965 ....................................................174 Figure 37: Cosmetic and cologne counters at Gray Drug Store, 1955 ...........................................175 Figure 38: CVS Pharmacy, 2017 ........................................................................................................236 Figure 39: Walgreens Pharmacy, 2017 ............................................................................................236 Figure 40: Drug Mart, 2017 ..............................................................................................................237 Figure 41: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 2017 .................................................................................................237 Image Sources Figures 1 – 37, source: The Cleveland Press Collection, Michael Schwartz

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