After that, the drug store space became a Thomas Cook Travel Agency. Today, Conrad's Bike Shop and the Tudor Garden Nail Salon stand in its place.
Above right, a 1941 rendering of the drug store's location in No. 25.
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The drug store was originally named Old English Tudor Chemists. Above, a 1944 ad offering everything from sunglasses to beach bags to leg makeup ‒ owing to the wartime nylon shortage. |
The pet-friendly interior of the drug store, 1957. Cotton balls, Kleenex and eau de cologne share space with a rack of paperbacks in the rear. |
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Tudor City Pharmacy, bottom right corner, circa 1960.
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This was my grandfather’s pharmacy. His name was Murray Blank. I don’t know exactly when he sold it. I believe it was before 1957.
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