Fannie Cohen wearing a white pharmacist's coat and standing amongst shelves of medicines. Fannie Cohen was one of the first women to graduate from the University of Minnesota Pharmacy School. She was born in 1901 to Romanian immigrant parents, and graduated with her degree in 1922. Show worked in Hospital pharmacies in Duluth, Rochester and St. Paul. She was a lifetime member of Temple Israel in Minneapolis, and was bat mitzvahed in 1977 at the age of 75.
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Peter M. Mark was the founder of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company, "Manufacturers of Mark's Celebrated Remedies," and the owner of Mark's Drug Store. Born in Norway, he died in 1932. His son, Harold Fritjof Mark, worked in both of the family businesses. Mark's Drug Store served residents of Fosston, Minnesota from 1892 to 1968.
Interior view of Floyd and Lloyd James inside of James Drug Store. The father and son pose for a staged photograph, mixing up pharmaceuticals in the back room of the drug store.
The interior of Hesnault's Pharmacy, which stood on Main Street in Walnut Grove. The man behind left counter is unidentified but the man behind right counter is J.F. Hesnault. John F. Hesnault & Eleck C. Nelson ran the business starting in August of 1903. In 1918 Eleck C. Nelson sold his shares to A.J. Keller who sold out to John F. Heslnault in March of 1927. John F. Helsnault ran the business himself until September of 1938. He sold out to H.C. Nelson & Justin Hagen September of 1938, the name of the store changing to Nelson and Hagen Pharmacy. Nelson & Hagen sold out to Carl A. "Pete" Peterson in June of 1980 changed the name of the store to Peterson Drug. Carl A. Peterson sold out to Donald Pederson in May of 1987 the name changing once more, this time to Pederson Drug.