Description
None of the material in this collection dates from the years when the
Holden Drug Company was operated by the Holdens. Apart from a scattering of
turn-of-the-century advertising pamphlets, all items found here are
prescription records dating from 1910 or later. As such, they form an
interesting record of population shifts in the older part of Stockton. The
records from 1941, for instance, bear mostly Japanese surnames, while records
from 1963 show a preponderance of Spanish names.
Background
In 1900 there were twelve drug stores in Stockton. In 1920 there were
twenty-two. Of that number, three (Central, Eagle, and Holden Drug) had been in
operation in 1900. The same three continued in business in 1940 when there were
thirty-seven druggists in Stockton, four of whom bore Japanese surnames.
Availability
Collection is open for research.