Pencol Drug Store
Biography
Founded by Azriel Stein, the pharmacy was named for its location at Colfax Avenue and Pennsylvania Street. Pencol was a prominent Denver pharmacy for decades. In addition to dispensing prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medications, Pencol Drug featured a popular soda and ice cream fountain and a gift section.
Years later, what is now Pencol Compounding Pharmacy is now located on Colorado Boulevard, between Louisiana Avenue and Florida Avenue. The pharmacy was owned by Marshall Tobin until 2014 when he sold the pharmacy to Tony Jones, who also owned Cornell Pharmacy.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Irene Stein and Artwork, 1988 August 01
Irene Stein (Mrs. Azriel Stein), age 94, peers through a piece of her artwork in 1988. Stein was the daughter of Anna and Robert Lazar Miller. In 1921 she married Azriel "Azie" Stein, a pharmacist who owned and operated Pencol Drug Store.
List of Denver Jewish Pharmacists
List of "Denver Jewish Pharmacists". Lists 12 pharmacies and drug stores, along with associated pharmacists, and family members. Typed.
One Millionth Prescription Award Photograph, April 22, 1967
Photograph of One Millionth Prescription Award. Front of award only. Award reads "Prescription Award presented to Pencol Drug Store by E.R. Squibb & Sons in honor of their having filled 1,000,000 prescriptions".
Copies of the photograph in .tif and .jpg.
One Millionth Prescription Award Plaque, 1967 April 22
One Millionth Prescription Commemorative Jar, 1967 April 22
Prescription Book Photographs
(2) digital photographs of the prescription book from Pencol Drug Sture. Photographs of two different pages of the book. Both have prescriptions writtin in cursive, and are stamped with a number. Photographs show scale in centimeters.
Copies of the book in .tif and .jpg.