Unidentified man poses inside Pelot's Manatee Drug Company in Manatee.

Unidentified man poses inside Pelot's Manatee Drug Company in Manatee. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng An inside look at an old Manatee landmark at 9th Street East and Manatee Avenue. This was later the site of Asman's Department Store. It's founder, John Crews Pelot, graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1858 and a few short years later found himself an Assistant Surgeon at Andersonville Prison. Dr. Pelot moved his family to Manatee in late 1865. He later began the business as Manatee Drug Company. The named changed to Pelot's Pharmacy in 1925. The business moved to the vacant Manatee County Supply Company in 1934 where it has continued. John Crews Pelot, the grandson of the founder, lived to be 101, dying in 2003. His son Robert L. Pelot bought the business in 1972, making it a four generation business. An inside look at an old Manatee landmark at 9th Street East and Manatee Avenue. This was later the site of Asman's Department Store. It's founder, John Crews Pelot, graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1858 and a few short years later found himself an Assistant Surgeon at Andersonville Prison. Dr. Pelot moved his family to Manatee in late 1865. He later began the business as Manatee Drug Company. The named changed to Pelot's Pharmacy in 1925. The business moved to the vacant Manatee County Supply Company in 1934 where it has continued. John Crews Pelot, the grandson of the founder, lived to be 101, dying in 2003. His son Robert L. Pelot bought the business in 1972, making it a four generation business. Pelot's Pharmacy United States Florida--Manatee County--Manatee Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection

Unidentified man poses inside Pelot's Manatee Drug Company in Manatee.

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An inside look at an old Manatee landmark at 9th Street East and Manatee Avenue. This was later the site of Asman's Department Store. It's founder, John Crews Pelot, graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1858 and a few short years later found himself an Assistant Surgeon at Andersonville Prison. Dr. Pelot moved his family to Manatee in late 1865. He later began the business as Manatee Drug Company. The named changed to Pelot's Pharmacy in 1925. The business moved to the vacant Manatee County Supply Company in 1934 where it has continued. John Crews Pelot, the grandson of the founder, lived to be 101, dying in 2003. His son Robert L. Pelot bought the business in 1972, making it a four generation business.

An inside look at an old Manatee landmark at 9th Street East and Manatee Avenue. This was later the site of Asman's Department Store. It's founder, John Crews Pelot, graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1858 and a few short years later found himself an Assistant Surgeon at Andersonville Prison. Dr. Pelot moved his family to Manatee in late 1865. He later began the business as Manatee Drug Company. The named changed to Pelot's Pharmacy in 1925. The business moved to the vacant Manatee County Supply Company in 1934 where it has continued. John Crews Pelot, the grandson of the founder, lived to be 101, dying in 2003. His son Robert L. Pelot bought the business in 1972, making it a four generation business.

Pelot's Pharmacy

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Florida--Manatee County--Manatee

Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection