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Robert R. Martin & Co. Pharmacists & Perfumers
B/w trade card advertisement on cream-coloured cardstock with text and seal stating, "Robert R. Martin & Co. Pharmacists & Perfumers// Manufacturing Chemists// Our specialties are perfumery in all its branches. The finest of toilet requisites..." The back of the card is blank. 

Robert R. Martin & Co. Pharmacists & Perfumers

Datelate 1800s
FormatEphemera
Dimensions7.6cm H x 11.3cm W
CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberSAR-TC-306
Inflated prices: Lyle Goff, left, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada, says drug prices are inflated to make up for pharmacists' low dispensing fee
Inflated prices: Lyle Goff, left, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada, says drug prices are inflated to make up for pharmacists' low dispensing fee
Stuparyk, Michael
1/14/1985
Years of experience: When Norman Charles, 80, started out, pharmacists had to mix their own compounds and even make some pills from scratch.
Years of experience: When Norman Charles, 80, started out, pharmacists had to mix their own compounds and even make some pills from scratch.
Lautens, Richard
3/8/1991
Tobacco is one drug you won't be able to buy in drugstores, as Ontario's pharmacists adopt a tough new ethical position -
Tobacco is one drug you won't be able to buy in drugstores, as Ontario's pharmacists adopt a tough new ethical position -
Loek, Dick
11/6/1990
Coiffing everyone from rock stars to pharmacists, John Steinberg, left, owner of The Rainbow Room sports his current pastiche look -- white Chinese jodhpurs circa 1936, a yellow busboy's jacket and sneakers with black and yellow laces
Coiffing everyone from rock stars to pharmacists, John Steinberg, left, owner of The Rainbow Room sports his current pastiche look -- white Chinese jodhpurs circa 1936, a yellow busboy's jacket and sneakers with black and yellow laces
Combs, Erin
3/19/1982
Pills, Pills, Pills, Pills . . .there are so many that can do almost the same jobs. Many pharmacists say that if druggists like Walter Bagan, above, g(...)
Pills, Pills, Pills, Pills . . .there are so many that can do almost the same jobs. Many pharmacists say that if druggists like Walter Bagan, above, g(...)
Griffin, Doug
4/13/1968
Up to snuff: Oakville resident John Donelian is Canada's only independent perfumer.
Up to snuff: Oakville resident John Donelian is Canada's only independent perfumer.
Dexter, Brian
8/12/1981
Why should a pharmacist be killed? asks Toronto pharmacist Neil Katzman, who owns five stores in Toronto and the surrounding area. Katzman, whose frie(...)
Why should a pharmacist be killed? asks Toronto pharmacist Neil Katzman, who owns five stores in Toronto and the surrounding area. Katzman, whose frie(...)
Bull, Ron
12/27/1979
And pharmacist Jimmy Rogers, right, admits substitution of generics for higher priced brand-name drugs is somewhat influenced by who's paying for the prescription
And pharmacist Jimmy Rogers, right, admits substitution of generics for higher priced brand-name drugs is somewhat influenced by who's paying for the prescription
Beaty, Keith
2/24/1985
Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly MacKenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly MacKenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
Dunlop, Alan
10/15/1987
Other side of the counter: Pharmacist Bob Pritchard says, in letter below, placing of certain drugs behind dispensary counter, under new policy, will be of benefit to the customer
Other side of the counter: Pharmacist Bob Pritchard says, in letter below, placing of certain drugs behind dispensary counter, under new policy, will be of benefit to the customer
Spremo, Boris
7/31/1981
New mayor for Uxbridge. The four-way race for the mayor's chair in Uxbridge was won last night by pharmacist Gord Davie, 40, in his first try for political office. Watching the election returns in his living-room he is flanked by campaign workers Bev Fellows (left) and Mary Lettau. Although he didn't campaign specifically on the issue. Davie was regarded by many citizens as an anti-penitentiary candidate. Major issue was proposed to build a $13 million prison reception centre in the township.
New mayor for Uxbridge. The four-way race for the mayor's chair in Uxbridge was won last night by pharmacist Gord Davie, 40, in his first try for political office. Watching the election returns in his living-room he is flanked by campaign workers Bev Fellows (left) and Mary Lettau. Although he didn't campaign specifically on the issue. Davie was regarded by many citizens as an anti-penitentiary candidate. Major issue was proposed to build a $13 million prison reception centre in the township.
Beaty, Keith
12/6/1976
Tom Lock, a pharmacist in Chinatown, says
Tom Lock, a pharmacist in Chinatown, says
Griffin, Doug
3/6/1969