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Sending Prescription Boy on an Errand
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View of scene at J.N. Hegeman Drugstore, 1218 Broadway Street, New York. John Ferris hands a prescription written on a piece of paper to the errand boy. Frank Parker stands at his left. The pharmacy had an impressive selection of medicinal liquors, but lacked the patent medicines that most other pharmacies stocked at the time.
1888
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J.N. Hegeman Drugstore at 60 Fulton Avenue
1885
Exterior view of the J.N. Hegeman Drugstore at 60 Fulton Avenue. Left to right: a clerk, J.W. Ferris, an errand boy, William O'Bry, and a porter.
Clerks Outside J.N. Hegeman & Company Drugstore
1890
William Bryan, J.B. Glenny, 3 assistants, and J.W. Ferris on the doorstep of the J.N. Hegeman & Company Drugstore.
Exterior of J.N. Hegeman Drugstore
1890
Several employees on the doorstep of J.N. Hegeman Drugstore.
Showing Wares to a Customer
1889
Druggist Junior Jones shows a customer some items from the J.N. Hegeman Pharmacy, 1218 Broadway.
Salesman at Drugstore
1889
Junior Jones acts as a salesman at the 30th Street & Broadway branch of the J.N. Hegeman & Co. Drugstore.
J.N. Hegeman
1894
Portrait of the druggist J.N. Hegeman, who was the proprietor of several drugstores in New York City in the late 19th century. Hegeman was also once the secretary of the Columbia University College...
