Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.17.001
Accession#:
2005.17
Credit Line:
Donated by Jim McCorcle.
Object Name:
Box
Title:
Pharmacist Stock, Box of Quassia Chips
Description:
"Penicks Initial Line, the initial source of supply, tested botanical drugs, Quassia Chips N.F., S.B. Penick & Company, Purveyors of The World's Botanical Drugs, New York, Chicago"
square yellow cardboard box with information printed in brown, container is half full of chips of wood (Quassia)
square yellow cardboard box with information printed in brown, container is half full of chips of wood (Quassia)
Notes:
Quassia was used as a bitter tonic and stomachic
Information below from Ann Schultz, daughter of W.L. Grisham:
Drugstore was located in the Triangle Building where Hearthside Books is now
Harry Race had a drugstore in Ketchikan, expanded to Juneau in the early 1930's and eventually hired W.L. (Monte) Grisham to manage the drugstore. He lived in the Gastineau Hotel. Grisham bought the store in the 1950's. Grisham had recruited Jim McCorcle, who was only about 21 years old, to be the pharmacist. He eventually sold the store to Jim, who moved it down the street a bit. There were up to four drugstores on that street within a couple of blocks. This one was high end, and sold things like Elizabeth Aren cosmetics and Russell Stover candies. Mrs. Russell Stover apparently visited the store once during a steamship cruise. The store sold a Timex watch to Will Rogers, now in a museum in Oklahoma.
Harry Race had a son Bill, who was a mining engineer, who married Maxine. They had two sons, Jerry and Mike. Harry Race's grandson Jerry was the pharmacist at Foodland Pharmacy for many years....retired and moved south. Mike Race now sells real estate in Juneau. His son Pat Race owns Lucid Reverie and started up the JUMP society (Juneau Underground Motion Picture)
Information below from Ann Schultz, daughter of W.L. Grisham:
Drugstore was located in the Triangle Building where Hearthside Books is now
Harry Race had a drugstore in Ketchikan, expanded to Juneau in the early 1930's and eventually hired W.L. (Monte) Grisham to manage the drugstore. He lived in the Gastineau Hotel. Grisham bought the store in the 1950's. Grisham had recruited Jim McCorcle, who was only about 21 years old, to be the pharmacist. He eventually sold the store to Jim, who moved it down the street a bit. There were up to four drugstores on that street within a couple of blocks. This one was high end, and sold things like Elizabeth Aren cosmetics and Russell Stover candies. Mrs. Russell Stover apparently visited the store once during a steamship cruise. The store sold a Timex watch to Will Rogers, now in a museum in Oklahoma.
Harry Race had a son Bill, who was a mining engineer, who married Maxine. They had two sons, Jerry and Mike. Harry Race's grandson Jerry was the pharmacist at Foodland Pharmacy for many years....retired and moved south. Mike Race now sells real estate in Juneau. His son Pat Race owns Lucid Reverie and started up the JUMP society (Juneau Underground Motion Picture)
People:
McCorcle, Jim
Search Terms:
Pharmacy
Botanical
Botanical
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