Fournet Drugstore Collection

Summary

Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0346
Creators:: Fournet, Fred G.
Hallmark.
Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Fournet Drugstore.
Dates:: 1950-1977
undated
Languages:: English
Collection is in English.
Physical Description:: 3 Cubic feet
7 boxes, 8 oversize folders
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection consists primarily of advertising and promotional materials for products sold by the Fournet Drugstore. In addition, there are photographs of the African American community in St. Martinville, Louisiana.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of advertising and promotional materials for products sold by the Fournet Drugstore in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Most of these materials are from well-known companies such as Hallmark Cards, Johnson & Johnson, Yardley of London and Max Factor. Of particular interest are the photographs of the African American community dating primarily from the 1950s.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Photographs, 1950-1967; undated

Subseries 1.1: Identified Prints, 1950-1967; undated

Subseries 1.2: Unidentifed Prints,1956-1964; undated

Series 2: Hallmark Materials, 1971-1977; undated

Series 3: Point of Purchase Displays and Packaging, 1973-1977; undated

Biographical / Historical

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Administration

Processing Information

Processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons and Camille Bethune Brown

Author

Vanessa Broussard Simmons

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Museum by Magdell F. Theriot and Fred G. Fournet in 1984.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation

Fournet Drugstore Collection, 1950-1977, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Conditions Governing Use

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Custodial History

Transferred from the Division of Medical Sciences to the Archives Center in 1989.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
St. Martinville (La.)	Place	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Trade catalogs	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Louisiana	Place	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Packaging	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Family-owned business enterprises	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Hand coloring	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
African American weddings	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Drugstores	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Advertisements -- 20th century	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

Repository Contact

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

P.O. Box 37012

Suite 1100, MRC 601

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

archivescenter@si.edu

http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives

Guide to the Fournet Drugstore Collection