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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.
The Old Corner Bookstore is a historic commercial building located at 283 Washington Street at the corner of School Street in the historic core of Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1718 as a residence and apothecary shop, and first became a bookstore in 1828.
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]
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.
Avignone Chemists was an American full service pharmacy located in New York's Greenwich Village.Avignone Chemists was founded in 1832 which made it the oldest apothecary in the United States.
A general store in Rhode Island that state officials once proclaimed the oldest in the country is closing its doors after 224 years. Gray's store in the Adamsville village in Little Compton opened ...
The company is regarded as the fourth-oldest continuously operating company in America and the oldest American consumer brand in operation. The current motto of Caswell-Massey is "America's Original". Dr. William Hunter established Dr. Hunters Dispensary in Newport in 1752. Caswell Massey began as an apothecary shop selling medical supplies.
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