Name/Title
NotebookEntry/Object ID
2014.027.0001Scope 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