Notebook

Notebook - front cover

Notebook - front cover

Name/Title

Notebook

Entry/Object ID

2014.027.0001

Scope and Content

Small notepad (2-3/4" x 4-1/2" - tan cover with blue ink lettering) given to customers/clients by The Hoffman Pharmacy / First and G Streets / Benicia California On front: "Our Motto: Purity / Promptness / Accuracy / The purest and best drugs only used in our prescription Dept." Inside front cover: ads for Bromo Seltzer and Ginger-Mint Julep; There are seven pages which are blank on both sides; The last page lists on both sides in blue ink: sheet music for vocals and instrumentals (171 popular selections for free**) which can be obtained from The Emerson Drug Co., Baltimore MD for **a two-cent stamp and a Bromo-Seltzer wrapper for each two selections desired. Inside back cover is an ad for Aperio, lazative from Emerson Drug Co. Baltimore MD - Toronto Can Outside back cover is another different ad for Emerson"s Aperio "A pleasant Effective Laxative and Cathartic" with light blue in the background of a drawing of a man drinking from a glass Attached is a newspaper article from the Benicia Hearld of 09/09/1937 discussing the Hoffman pharmacy.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection