Griffis Drug Store: Three Generations 1874-1971
Griffis Drug Store 1939
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Museum of Health Care at Kingston, Pharmacy collectionPharmacy history in Canada, Canadian EncyclopediaPotions, Pills, and Prescriptions - Museum of Health Care at KingstonMedicine Hunters - The Healing Power of Plants - Virtual Museum exhibitBill Griffis stands in the entrance way of his father's drug store. The magazine rack to his immediate left has a Canadian Home Journal magazine that has been dated to August 1939, one month before Germany invaded Poland and the start of World War II. True Confession magazines, Ex-Lax, and Kodak film feature prominently in the window display at Griffis Drug Store. A body weighing scale also helped to attract the attention of people walking by the pharmacy.
Photograph of Bill Griffis in front of Griffis Drug Store, Colborne, Cramahe Township Details
Drugs, cigars, candy and soda are clearly offerred and noted at the top of the windows. Equally prominent is the awning with its signage that says Soda Fountain, a hugely popular place where customers could sit at a counter and enjoy carbonated drinks, ice cream and light snacks inexpensively.
