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Carl Dewey talks about his years working for the C.D. Smith Drug Company, the most prominent drugstore and wholesale druggist in Grand Junction, Colorado and throughout Mesa County for much of the Twentieth century. He speaks about the drug business and the company’s role in liquor sales both before and after Prohibition. He discusses the company’s shift from a retail organization to a retail/wholesale organization, and their laboratory work on...
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A brochure for the former C.D. Smith Drug Company of Grand Junction and Mesa County, Colorado. The brochure was given to attendees of the C.D. Smith Company 80/80 Gift Show in 1980 and contains additional documents: A welcome letter to attendees, a list of restaurants in Grand Junction, and a Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce map of Grand Junction. The brochure itself contains photographs of the company's original Main and Fifth Streets...
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Dorothy Beard discusses her career as a pharmacist (following the family trade), and talks about sheep ranching with her husband. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society. *Photograph from the 1932 University of Colorado yearbook
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Sterling Smith, executive officer of the C.D. Smith Drug Company, talks about the childhood and life of his father, C.D. Smith, who founded the company. He describes his father’s success and the growth of his business into one of the first drugstore chains in Colorado. He discusses diversification of the business as it became involved with wholesale candy sales, chemical manufacture, and real estate. He talks about activities of C.D. Smith and the...