Barthwell's Drug Stores (Barthwell Drug and Ice Cream Co.)
- Identifier
- DBB-BUS-01143
- Name
- Barthwell's Drug Stores
- Name Variations
- Barthwell Drug and Ice Cream Co.
- Type
- Business
- Activity
- drug store
- restaurant
- manufacturer or distributor
- Year Established
- 1933
- Description
- Barthwell’s Drug Stores was a chain of stores established by Sidney Barthwell in 1933. Barthwell was born in Cordele, Georgia, in 1906 and migrated to Detroit in 1920 to join his father, who worked for Ford Motor Company. After graduating with a pharmacy degree from Wayne State University, Barthwell established his first retail pharmacy and eventually expanded into manufacturing ice cream to sell at his chain of stores. By 1957 the chain had ten drugstores in the Detroit area.
- Location
- 8600 Oakland Ave
- 8900 Oakland Ave
- 325 E Canfield Ave
- 3435 Hastings St
- 5032 Hastings St
- 8640 Russell St
- Hastings St and Hendrie Ave
- Visger Rd and 19th St (Ecorse)
- Affiliates
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Barthwell, Gladys
Role: Owner and/or Operator (co-proprietor according to 1950 federal census)Barthwell, Sidney
Role: Owner and/or OperatorRoberts, Frank M.
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Pullom, J. Charles
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Patrick, C. H.
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Smith, Mae (Mrs)
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Pope, Harry S.
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Hopson, Herman
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Kinney, Richard
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Smith, Eugene H.
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Minus, Claude W.
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943)Williams, Waymon W.
Role: Staff (pharmacist in 1943) - References
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Barthwell’s Drug Stores Tenth Anniversary Bulletin, 1933-1943, Resource ID bh013369, Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan, https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A224500.
- Book Pages
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This business or an affiliated person appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): xi, 93, 161, 164, 165, 166, 251.
- Documentation
- Freedom Enterprise, xi (Barthwell's Drug Stores)
- 1937-12-25 Detroit Tribune, 3 (Barthwell Drug and Ice Cream Co.)
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1943 Barthwell's Drugs Tenth Anniversary Bulletin (Barthwell's Drug Stores)
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1944-06-24 Michigan Chronicle, 5 (Barthwell's Drug Stores)
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1944-09-16 Detroit Tribune, 1 (Barthwell Drug Stores)
- 1947-06-21 Detroit Tribune, 3 (Barthwell's Drug Stores)
- 1947-12-20 Detroit Tribune, 3 (BARTHWELL'S DRUG STORES)
- Title
- Barthwell's Drug Stores (Barthwell Drug and Ice Cream Co.)