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School of Pharmacy Photograph Collection, 1916-1948View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1920-1935

The School of Pharmacy Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by the School of Pharmacy and by Ernst Stuhr that depict the Pharmacy Building, pharmacy classrooms and laboratories, and exhibits for drug shows at Oregon State College. Pharmacy instruction began at Oregon Agricultural college in 1898; Ernst Stuhr was a member of the pharmacy faculty from 1927 to 1944.

Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

ID: P 166
Extent: 0.05 cubic feet
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Scope and Content Notes
Biographical / Historical Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: School of Pharmacy Photograph Collection (P 166), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: The photographs that comprise Series I were received by the University Archives in the late 1960s or 1970s. The Ernst Stuhr photographs were received by the University Archives in 1981 with other Ernst Stuhr materials that are now described as the Ernst Thedore Stuhr Papers.
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Series 1: School of Pharmacy Photographs, 1916-1948 Add to Shelf
Series I consists of photographs assembled by the School of Pharmacy depicting the Pharmacy Building, model drugstore, classrooms and laboratories, and exhibits at drug shows. Pharmacy students are shown in many of the photographs. Also of note are several images of the Eli Lilly drug manufacturing facility in Indianapolis.
Extent: 68 prints and 3 nitrate negatives
UnitID: Series I
Box-Folder 1.1 Add to Shelf
Item P166:01-P166:03: Model drugstore, circa 1940 Add to Shelf
One print includes (from left to right): Ed Greyerbiehl, Lillian Polson, William Donald Fowler, James Bidgood, Bob Berman, Jack Kadau, Wade Stuart, John McPherson, Peyton Hawes, Ronald Esson, and Alberta Wilson (back to camera). Images are available online: 1, 2, 2b, 3
UnitID: P166:01-P166:03
Item P166:04-P166:10: School of Pharmacy building, circa 1924-1945 Add to Shelf
Includes several views of the building under construction and one line drawing of the building. Images are available online: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
UnitID: P166:04-P166:10
Item P166:11: Pharmacy graduates, 1920 Add to Shelf
Composite print of individual portraits of graduates and faculty. Also includes images of President W.J. Kerr. Photograph by Ball Studio. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:11
Item P166:12: Pharmacy alumni, 1948 Add to Shelf
Includes Frank Henry and Fred Meek. Photograph by Photo Art Commercial Studios in Portland, Oregon. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:12
Item P166:13: Ernest Beals in laboratory, circa 1940 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:13
Item P166:14: Pharmacy class on annual trip to Blumauer Frank Drug Company, a wholesale drug house in Portland, 1916 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:14
Item P166:15-P166:17: Pharmacy classrooms, circa 1930 Add to Shelf
Includes one image of pharmacognosy classroom and museum. Images are available online: 15a, 15b, 16, 17
UnitID: P166:15-P166:17
Item P166:18: Student doing demonstrations at drug show, 1925 Add to Shelf
Photograph by Howells Studio. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:18
Item P166:19-P166:24: Pharmacy laboratories, circa 1925-1940 Add to Shelf
One image depicts Howard Pertulla, who graduated in 1940; another shows Ernst Stuhr with students. Images are available online: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
UnitID: P166:19-P166:24
Item P166:25-P166:36: Displays of pharmaceutical and chemical equipment and procedures Add to Shelf
Images are available online: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
UnitID: P166:25-P166:36
Item P166:37: View of crude laboratory; a part of a course in pharmacognosy, circa 1925 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:37
Item P166:38: Household drug cabinet, circa 1940 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:38
Item P166:39: Pharmacy exhibit at Home Economics building Add to Shelf
Extent: print and nitrate negative
UnitID: P166:39
Item P166:40: Pharmacy exhibit at Home Economics building Add to Shelf
Includes Johnson & Johnson wholesale exhibit. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:40
Item P166:41: Drug show at Home Economics building Add to Shelf
Includes Johnson & Johnson wholesale exhibit. Image is available online.
Extent: print and nitrate negative
UnitID: P166:41
Item P166:42/43: Pharmacy exhibit Add to Shelf
Showing commercial and scientific departments. Image is available online.
Extent: nitrate negative and print, respecitvely
UnitID: P166:42
Item P166:44: Pharmacy exhibit by University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 1928 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:43
Item P166:45-P166:52: Exhibits at Drug Show, 1931 Add to Shelf
Several photographs by Howells Studio. One image includes Ernst Stuhr. Several sample window displays for cosmetics are depicted. Some images are available online: 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
UnitID: P166:44-P166:52
Item P166:53-P166:62: Drug factories, 1919-1928 Add to Shelf
One image is from Parke, Davis & Company in Detroit, Michigan. Most of the photographs are of the Eli Lilly factory in Indianapolis, Indiana. These images depict the bottling department, labeling and wrapping liquids, the elixer and extract departments, filling liquids in small quantities, sugar coating, iletin finishing, capsule filling, and vacuum stills. Images are available online: 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62
UnitID: P166:53-P166:62
Item P166:63: Military Science and Tactics exhibit, circa 1925 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:63
Item P166:64: Home Economics Building, circa 1920 Add to Shelf
With a temporary sign, Home Economics Pharmacy, over the entrance. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:64
Item P166:65: Chemistry laboratory, circa 1920 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:65
Item P166:66: Food Products laboratory, circa 1920 Add to Shelf
Laboratory for analysis of food products and the testing of ingredients in prescriptions and proprietaries. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:66
Item P166:67: Fish Technology laboratory, circa 1920 Add to Shelf
Studying fish oils from salmon cannery to utilize by-products. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:67
Box-Folder 2.1: Nitrate negatives Add to Shelf
Nitrate negatives for P166:39, P166:41, and P166:42.
Series 2: Ernst Stuhr Photographs, 1930-1935 Add to Shelf
Series II consists of photographs assembled by Ernst Stuhr. The images depict a series of exhibits on pharmaceutical topics, including glandular extracts and tuberculosis, and the attendees at a plant science seminar at Oregon State College. Several of the photographs are by Howells Studio; one is by Ball Studio. All are photographic prints.
Extent: 14 prints
UnitID: Series II
Box-Folder 1.2: Ernst Stuhr Photographs, 1930-1935 Add to Shelf
Item P166:68: Apothecarie Shoppe exhibit, circa 1930 Add to Shelf
Depicted in the image are five men. Standing in the doorway, second from left, is Henry DeBoest. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:68
Item P166:69: Exhibits For Your Health's Sake and Experiemental Animals Innoculated with T.B., circa 1930 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:69
Item P166:70: Various exhibits, circa 1930 Add to Shelf
Exhibits pictured include For Your Health's Sake. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:70
Item P166:71: Exhibit: Crepe Decorations Donated by Dennison Mfg. Co., circa 1930 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:71
Item P166:72: Various exhibits, circa 1930 Add to Shelf
Exhibits pictured include Milk Foods & Modifiers, Digestants, Heart Tonics & Stimulants, Skin Affection, Antiseptics & Disinfectants, and The Source of Insulin. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:72
Item P166:73: Exhibit: Interior of Pharmacy Shop, circa 1930 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:73
Item P166:74: Exhibit: Crude Drug Specimens, circa 1931 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:74
Item P166:75: Various exhibits, circa 1931 Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:75
Item P166:76: Various exhibits, circa 1931 Add to Shelf
Exhibits pictured include Gland Therapy. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:76
Item P166:77: Various exhibits, circa 1931 Add to Shelf
Exhibits pictured include Infusum Digitalis. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:77
Item P166:78: Various exhibits, circa 1931 Add to Shelf
Exhibits pictured include Retail Selling, and others. E.T. Stuhr is depicted on the right. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:78
Item P166:79: Interior of pharmacy, 1931 Add to Shelf
Drugs and customer counter pictured. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:79
Item P166:80: Exhibit Effects of Molecular Weight Add to Shelf
UnitID: P166:80
Item P166:81: Plant Science Seminar members in front of Pharmacy Building, circa 1935 Add to Shelf
Individuals identified in this image include F.A. Gilfillan, back row first on left; Dean A. Ziefle, back row fourth from left; and Ernst T. Stuhr front row first on left. Photograph by Ball Studio. Image is available online.
UnitID: P166:81