Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History
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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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Early Mesa County resident Asunta Violeta “Susie” Mendicelli remembers her time spent in Atchee, Colorado, Italian American life in Grand Junction, and taking the train and riding bicycles into Grand Junction, Colorado. She also discusses life in Italy, the process of making sausages and capocollo, relationships between immigrants in Mesa County, the usage of midwives during childbirth, and riding the Interurban Line between Grand Junction and...
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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...
