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Object Name
Bottle
Object ID
2011.033.001
Title
Oil of wintergreen from Plewes Drug Store.
Date
[between 1920 and 1950].
Description
Clear glass bottle with cork stopper; back of bottle has raised measuring scale; full capacity of bottle is 50 cc; off-white paper label reads: "Oil of Wintergreen/ Angus M. Plewes/ Chemist & Druggist/ Langley Prairie".
People/Subject
pharmacists
Plewes Drug Store
Established circa 1920 by Angus Plewes. It was managed by his wife Erla after Angus' sudden death in 1938. The store was later owned by Harold Brandow in 1945 and renamed Brandow's Drugstore. Harold's son, Murray followed in his father's footsteps and worked at the store after studying pharmacy at UBC. The store was closed in 1981.
Source: HPC Records (HPC-198/995), From Prairie to City by Warren Sommer
Plewes, Angus M.
Angus Plewes owned and operated Plewes Drug store in Langley Prairie from 1920 until his death in 1938.
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