Bower & Roumillat’s Bottle
Dublin Core
Title
Bower & Roumillat’s Bottle
Alternative Title
Bower & Roumillat’s Bottle
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Drugstores--United States
Pharmacy--United States
Description
Located at 100 East First Street on the corner of Park Avenue in Sanford, Florida, Bower & Roumillat was the first business to occupy the Brumley-Puleston Building that was completed in 1923. Roy C. Bower and Gene Roumillat opened the store together. By 1947, after receiving his pharmacy license at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Francis E. Roumillat, Jr. began working for his father at the Roumillat and Anderson Walgreen Agency. Known for its curbside service and milkshakes, the store operated for 55 years before closing in 1977. This 1920s-era bottle is from the original store and likely contained liquid medicine or perhaps a white powder used to make compounds.
Source
Original color digital image, 2015: Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.
Date Created
2015
Is Part Of
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.
Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
237 KB
Medium
1 bottle
Language
eng
Type
Physical Object
Coverage
Bower & Roumillat, Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Fried, Aaron
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Wersinger, Tammy. "In Seminole County during this week in . . .1918: Roy C...." The Orlando Sentinel, May 8, 1988. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-05-08/news/0040050252_1_seminole-county-sanford-first-seminole.
"The Sanford Historic Preservation Board Presents The Sanford Historic Downtown Walking Tour." Sanford Historical Society, Inc. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color digital image
Collection
Citation
“Bower & Roumillat’s Bottle,” RICHES, accessed December 26, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6427.