204 results for: Medicine and Health Care
Photograph
Children at Weed pharmacy 50th anniversary celebration, Seattle, July 3, 1952
This image of children in Weed's Pharmacy was taken at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the pharmacy, located at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle. The celebration included ice cream and candy for customers.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he…
ID Number:1971.5098.9.5
Date:1952
Photograph
Bert Weed inside Weed's pharmacy, Seattle, July 3, 1952
This image of Bert Weed behind the counter at Weed's Pharmacy was taken at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the pharmacy, located at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene…
ID Number:1971.5098.9.9
Date:1952
Photograph
Bert Weed in front of Weed's pharmacy, Seattle, July 3, 1952
This image of Bert Weed at the entrance to Weed's Pharmacy was taken on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the pharmacy, located at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with…
ID Number:1971.5098.10.1
Date:1952
Photograph
Three men behind counter at Lake Washington pharmacy, Seattle, circa 1905
This image of the interior of Lake Washington Pharmacy was taken at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle. The man on the right appears to be Bert Weed.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene and…
ID Number:1971.5098.13
Date:Circa 1905
Ephemera
Weed's Pharmacy news
Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene (1854-1924) and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy. In 1906, Bert married Keene's daughter Mamie Luella Keene (1881-1970), and they had one daughter, Luell Weed Guthrie (1910-1987). Lake Washington Pharmacy…
ID Number:1971.5098.31.1
Date:1932
Drawing
Cartoon drawing advertising Weed's pharmaceutical products, Seattle, circa 1920
Melvin Albert "Bert" Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at Seattle's Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene (1854-1924) and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy. In 1906, Bert married Keene's daughter Mamie Luella Keene (1881-1970), and they had one daughter, Luell (Weed) Guthrie (1910-1987). Lake Washington Pharmacy…
ID Number:1971.5098.32
Date:Circa 1920
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Ruth Anderson with leg in traction, Seattle, circa 1930
The sleeve of this photo from a collection of photographs from McBride and Anderson identifies the patient as Ruth Anderson in a Scottish Rite Hospital bed. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San…
ID Number:1974.5923.21
Date:Circa 1930
Ephemera
Rates and Rules of the Seattle General Hospital, circa 1910
Established in 1895, Seattle General Hospital was located at 909 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle from 1900-1971, and merged in 1978 with two other local hospitals to become the Swedish Medical Center. The brochure pictured here details the rates and rules of Seattle General Hospital. It appears to have been printed after the 1900 move to Fifth Avenue and Marion…
ID Number:1978.6598.14
Date:Circa 1910
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Ranke House and Cabrini Hospital, Madison St., Seattle, circa 1925
This image features the three-story, Queen Anne Style Ranke House at the southeast corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue on First Hill. First Hill was the residence of choice in the 1890s for elite Seattle residents who wanted to escape the fast pace of downtown. This mansion was built by German immigrants, contractor, and socialites Otto Ranke (1842-1892) and…
ID Number:1980.6877.48
Date:Circa 1925
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Bartell Drugs building, Seattle, 1967
The first Bartell Drugs store opened in 1890, when George Bartell bought the Lake Washington Pharmacy located in what became the Leschi neighborhood. The Bartell Drug Company incorporated in 1904 and moved to downtown Seattle. It expanded in the early 20th century, coming to include a candy factory and photo lab in addition to pharmacy locations. The company remained under…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.4.1
Date:1967