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Object Description

Object Name

Notebook

Object ID

1987.007.044

Title

Prescription pad from Plewe's Drug Store/ Brandow's Drug Store.

Date

Sep. 1922.

Description

Prescription pad from Plewe's Drug Store (a), enclosed inside it's own box sleeve (b); binding of pad reads "Shannon Prescription Transfer Case R. No. 25." Item is dated Sept. 19, 1922, and includes prescriptions from Drs. Marr and McBurney; prescriptions on the pad are dated until August 22, 1923. The prescription pad eventually came from Langley's Brandow Drug Store (operating 1945-1981), which was formerly Angus M. Plewes Druggist and Chemist (Plewe's Drug Store, 1920-1944); based on the dates of the enclosed prescriptions, this prescription pad was in use when the business was still Plewe's Drug Store.

People/Subject

Brandow, Harold

Brandow's Drug Store

Harold Brandow took over Plewes Drugstore in 1945, and renamed it Brandow's Drugstore sometime after. 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.

Marr, William Lloyd (1917-2018)

William Lloyd Marr was born on July 5, 1917 in Bramshott, Surrey, England, to parents Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr and Isabel Drew Marr, née McIntosh, of Fort Langley, while Dr. Marr was serving overseas during WWI. William married Henrietta (Etta) Lucas McAteer on April 4,1941. He and Henrietta had two children, Richard Flynn Marr and Katherine Ann Marr. He passed away in Langley on February 23, 2018.

McBurney, Albert, Dr. (1884-1952)

Born in Quebec in 1884 Albert McBurney took his medical degree at McGill and moved west in 1911. By the time of arrival in Fort Langley he was married to Olive McBurney (nee ?). He moved to Langley Prairie in 1919. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a charter member of the Aldergrove Elks Lodge and an honorary member of the Royal Canadian Legion as well as the creator of the Langley Amateur Athletic Association.
Term Source: From Prairie to City, pg. 78, 115-7, 179 (Sommer)

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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