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C. O. Bigelow Apothecaries is an American pharmacy and beauty brand founded in 1838 by Dr. Galen Hunter as The Village Apothecary Shop in Greenwich Village, New York. Currently owned and operated by Ian Ginsberg, C. O. Bigelow is the oldest surviving apothecary–pharmacy in the United States. [1]
He began working for George L. Hooper at his Village Apothecary Shop pharmacy, founded in 1838 by Dr. Galen Hunter, at 104 Sixth Avenue (today, number 414). [ 5 ] In 1880, Bigelow purchased the business from Hooper and renamed it C. O. Bigelow Apothecaries.
Avignone Chemists was founded in 1832 which made it the oldest apothecary in the United States. Avignone marketed itself as the Independent Anti-Chain Pharmacy. Avignone marketed itself as the Independent Anti-Chain Pharmacy.
The following properties and districts in King County, Washington, United States, are on the National Register of Historic Places. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
In 1838, Hunter established The Village Apothecary Shop at 102 Sixth Avenue in New York City. [6] [7] He ran the business until 1863, at which point it was sold to George L. Hooper, [8] a native of Castine, Maine. [9] He was a member of the Medical Society of the County of New York between 1841 and his death. [10] [11]
She is currently the seventh oldest person in the world, and has 12 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 49 great-great-grandchildren and three great-great-great-grandchildren. ... Oldest living ...
The first "drugstores" in North America "appeared in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia," [11] with likely proto-drugstores—for example Gysbert van Imbroch ran a "general store" that sold drugs from 1663 to 1665 in Wildwyck, New Netherland, [12] today's Kingston, New York—preceding the dedicated apothecary shops of the 1700s, and providing a model.
Now, America's oldest living person is Naomi Whitehead, who is 144 years old and was born on Sept. 26, 1910. This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Elizabeth Francis, America's ...