Boone Drug, 1981

This image shows Joe Miller, proprietor of Boone Drug Store in Boone, NC, in 1981, during a book signing session by Professor Rogers Whitener of the Department of English at Appalachian State University (1967-current). Shelves holding bottles can be seen in the background. Boone Drugs, Incorporated, opened on King Street in 1919 and operated a pharmacy and a soda fountain. The sign at the top of the image reads, "God Made Just a Few Perfect Heads, the rest he covered with hair."

Local History

Appalachian State University

Retired Faculty/Staff Biographical Information Files, 2005.009, Box 3, Whitener, Rogers FF74, C11.2.3.3.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1981

News Bureau

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Photographs

English

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Boone (N.C.). Boone Drugs, Incorporated

Boone Drug (1919). King Street (Boone, N.C.)

Series 11 -- Local Area

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