1943 Barthwell's Drugs Tenth Anniversary Bulletin (Barthwell's Drug Stores)
- Identifier
- DBB-ITM-03305
- Source
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Barthwell’s Drug Stores Tenth Anniversary Bulletin, 1933-1943, Resource ID bh013369, Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan.
- Date
- 1943
- Source Type
- Profile
- Activity
- drug store
- Mentions
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Barthwell, Sidney
- Hopson, Herman
- Kinney, Richard
- Minus, Claude W.
- Patrick, C. H.
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Pope, Harry S.
- Pullom, J. Charles
- Roberts, Frank M.
- Smith, Eugene H.
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Smith, Mae (Mrs)
- Williams, Waymon W.
- Location
- 8600 Oakland Ave
- 8900 Oakland Ave
- 325 E Canfield Ave
- 3435 Hastings St
- 5032 Hastings St
- 8640 Russell St
- Transcriber Comment
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This illustrated pamphlet provides information about Barthwell's Drug Stores, founded by Sydney Barthwell in 1933, and about the affiliated ice cream manufacturing business. Many of Barthell's locations combined pharmacy and food service, featuring Barthwell's ice cream for dessert. Page 3 states, "Barthwell's Drug Company consists of six stores and is the largest chain of drug stories owned and operated by NEGROES in the country." Of the six locations, four had a prescription pharmacy department and full restaurant service, one location was a pharmacy without a restaurant, and one location was an ice cream store.
Eleven pharmacists were on staff, including Sydney Barthwell himself. Photographs of the following pharmacists were included in the pamphlet: Sydney Barthwell, Frank M. Roberts, J. Charles Pullom, C. H. Patrick, Mrs. Mae Smith, Herman Hopson, and Dr. Harry S. Pope.
Additionally, the following pharmacists were mentioned, but not pictured: Richard Kinney, Eugene H. Smith, Claude W. Minus, Waymon W. Williams.
A complete list of employees, primarily women, was printed on page 7, and headshots of many of them were featured in the centerfold of the pamphlet.
The following locations were mentioned in the pamphlet:
8640 Russell at Alger — this was the original pharmacy location that Sydney Barthwell opened in 1933. This location included a prescription pharmacy department, but no restaurant service.
8600 Oakland at Hague — this was the main headquarters. Page 3 features a photograph of this building, erected in 1941, and states, "In this building are the offices, the ICE CREAM MANUFACTURING PLANT, THE STOCKROOM and A LARGE MODERN DRUG STORE." This location had a prescription pharmacy department and full restaurant service.
8900 Oakland at Holbrook — This location had a prescription pharmacy department and full restaurant service.
325 E. Canfield at Brush — This location had a prescription pharmacy department and full restaurant service.
3435 Hastings at Benton — This location had a prescription pharmacy department and full restaurant service.
5032 Hastings — This location was an ice cream store. Note that this address was followed by the words "Between Madison and Mullett," but this appears to be a mistake. The address 5032 Hastings was between E Warren Ave and Theodore St (addresses between Madison and Mullet would have been in the 1500 and 1600 range). - Illustration Description
- Headshots of Sydney Barthwell, his pharmacists, and numerous other employees. Photograph of the headquarters at 8600 Oakwell Ave. Photograph from the First Annual Banquet for employees held in 1941. Photographs of several black men who were serving in the armed forces during World War II, including a full-length portrait of seaman Horace Stephen on the cover of the pamphlet.
- Title
- 1943 Barthwell's Drugs Tenth Anniversary Bulletin (Barthwell's Drug Stores)