Pharmacies Mugs

In the 19th century, most rural communities had a pharmacy where the local residents could buy medicines of all kinds and come together for social gatherings.

The mortar and pestle was very important in a pharmacy because the pharmacist used the pestle to grind drugs into powers in the mortar in order to make medicine.

Design of the back room of a drug store with its interesting bottles of medicine, glass funnels and mortar and pestle.

Design of glass funnles and bottles in a drug store

Mortar and pestles can be seen in a pharmacy because the pharmacist used the pestle to grind drugs into powders in the mortar in order to make medicine.

This pharmacy has an glass mortar and pestle and glass lamp in its window which adds elegance to the store. It the interesting bottles of medication adds interest to the back shelves.

The mortar and pestle was very important in a pharmacy because the pharmacist used the pestle to grind drugs into powers in the mortar in order to make medicine. In this image there are three mortar and pestles in three different styles as well as bottles of medicine.

Interesting design of prescriptions and colorful medicine bottles

Design of a large selection of medicine bottles with labels in various colors in a wooden cabinet along with two mortar and pestles in a doctor's office.

The medicine in this vintage pharmacy or apothecary were used for common ailments such as stomach ache, coughs and kidney problems. These drugs were not regulated and the formula for each was known only to the creator of the drug.

Design mortar and pestles and bottles of chemicals in a pharmacy.

These vintage medicine bottles were with medicine and pills inside of them were beautiful as well as practical with their interesting shapes and jewel-like colors.

In small towns where pharmacies were not available, the 19th century physician often prepared medicines himself .

Mortar and pestles have been used by pharmacists for thousands of years to grind herbs and medicine.

The building in the charming Gaffer Section of Corning NY where this apothecary is now located was originally a livery stable in the late 1800s.

Design of various medicine bottles of different sizes, shapes and colors.

Design of mortar and pestles and white jars filled with medicine

Design of colorful bottles in a drug store window

Design of an old-fashioned drug store with its interesting bottles of medicine and pendulum wall clock

Doctors and pharmacists will love this image of bottles of medicine sitting by a window with the scene outside reflecting through them with a mortar and pestle in front of them.

In an old fashioned apothecary, many medicines were made on the premises and they would therefore have a stockroom with bottles of basic ingredients.

Design of interesting boxes and bottles of medicine including cough remedies and a blue tin of tooth powder.

Large bottles filled with colored water displayed in the apothecary window were a visual marker so that customers would know that this was a pharmacy. Blue tinted water meant everything was fine, while if red water was displayed, it meant that there was a medical emergency in the town.

The neighborhood drugstore became a cornerstone of small-town America where customers bought pills, ointments, and preparations and paid for them at this vintage brass-plated cash register, both a beautiful and practical addition to this pharmacy.

Design of an elegant brass mortar and pestle with bottles and a scale.

An orange prescription bottle.