Newton’s Baby Ointment Label

This unusual red and white label comes from the Newton Drug Company of Seattle, Washington. It measures 1.75” in diameter and dates to the 1920s. Not only is this “For the treatment of the skin”, but it also cured “Diseases of Face Neck & Body”. Pretty wonderful stuff and it includes a drawing of that cute little smiling baby. Get a load of that hair.

The Newton Drug Co. was operated by pharmacist Kinjiro Imai for 30 years. The store started in 1911 at 676 Jackson Street in Seattle, Washington and continued to be located there until it closed 30 years later. The pharmacy was closed because of the forced relocation of Japanese Americans at the start of World War II. It never reopened after its close in 1941. I found a photo of the drugstore taken in 1915 with five people in the doorway. It came from the University of Washington Libraries, Wing Luke Asian Museum.

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