Name/Title
C. D. Smith Drug Company Visitor Register Book, 1889 – 1890Entry/Object ID
2021.15.8Description
C. D. Smith Drug Company Visitor Register Book, 1889 – 1890. Leather ledger book containing handwritten pages of visitor information. Visitor information recorded includes: date, badge number, name, company and address, department or person visited, purpose of visit, and time.
Black and purple leather boards with gilt decoration with the pages lightly toned with occasional ink spot or smudge, binding sound.Context
The C. D. Smith Drug Company, founded in 1886, ties together many historical people and businesses related to St. Joseph, MO.
C. D. Smith, Samuel I. Smith, and John J. Judson opened a wholesale drug supply business on January 1, 1887. Soon after, in 1888, a large warehouse building was built at the northeast corner of Third and Sylvanie Streets.
Mr. C. D. Smith was married to Miss Elizabeth Colhoun, they had three children. They built their home at 1105 Henry Street. Mr. Smith died in St. Louis on May 24, 1888, leaving a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bickley Street of Kansas City, and two sons, Edward C. Smith and Lewis M. Smith.
Edward C. Smith became president of the C. D. Smith Drug Company in 1892 and Lewis M. Smith succeeded to the post in 1904. Lewis M. Smith was born in St. Joseph July 10, 1870. He attended the local schools and graduated from Yale University. He then entered his father's business. He became head of that, as well as president of the Smith-Faus Drug Company of Salt Lake City, a branch of the St. Joseph house, and he was vice-president of the Smith-McCord-Townsend Dry Goods Company of Kansas City. Lewis M. Smith was married to Miss Sarah Townsend, daughter of John Townsend. They lived for many years at 503 North Fifth Street, on the corner of Robidoux, but after the death of Mr. Townsend, they moved to his house at 1301 Ashland Avenue. There were five children: Mrs. Bickley McCaskey and Mrs. Sarah Stacy of St. Joseph, Mrs. Anne Lentz of Delray Beach, Florida, Lewis M. Smith, Jr., Santa Barbara, California, and John Townsend Smith of St. Joseph. Lewis M. Smith died suddenly on April 10, 1924, at the age of fifty-four. His son, John Townsend Smith then became president of the C. D. Smith Drug Company.
In 1923 the C. D. Smith Drug Company bought out the Van Natta Drug Company of St. Joseph uniting two of the oldest and largest drug businesses on the Missouri River.Collection
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Drug stores, Pharmaceutical industryDimensions
Width
11-3/4 inDepth
1 inLength
9-1/2 inBook Details
Author
C. D. Smith Drug CompanyDate Published
1889 - 1890Notes
Book originally made by WilsonJones of Chicago, Illinois 60648.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
C. D. Smith, Samuel I. Smith, John J. Judson, Edward C. Smith, Lewis M. Smith, John Townsend SmithRelated Places
Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
Missouri
