Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.051Description
Photo of F. B. Drug Store - painted on the window: F. B. Race Druggist. Three men are standing outside the store. There is a central window on the second floor. One large window on the ground floor and the left with a double door - the right side is closed with a door. Wood sidewalk. On the photo is written: Built 1890. The store is at the end of Main Street on the Front Street, Penn Cove side. On the back: Drug Store of F. Puget Race, page #135, Built 1890. also: p106 #2, 1 of 3
More details on Race and the store are on p. 106 of the Arcadia Coupeville book.
PNRO, page 163: built in 1890 for F. Puget Race Drug Store. Lower part a shoe store. Drug store later rented as an apartment. In the 1960s it became the Old Town Shop.
At some point it was Brenda's Gifts, then it became Aqua (continues in 2019). Apparently there is a rental apartment on the lower floor.
Per the Arcadia Coupeville book, page 120: In 1909 F. P. Race built the first telephone office between his drug store and the Sedge building (ICHS). Per PNRO, page 162 - the exchange from 1900 to the 1930s.
From folder: Coupeville, 2 NW Front Street, Race Drugstore, Old Town Shop, Brenda's Gifts, Aqua.
From old entry: Unit 6, Drawer B (Coupeville Race Drug Store)Made/Created
Place
City
Coupeville, WashingtonCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonRegion
Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey IslandContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Race, F.P.