The Patapsco Pharmacy

From the colored glass jars in the front window, to the floor to ceiling black drawers in the back room, the Patapsco Pharmacy was about as close to a old-world Apothecary that you can find. There was a long soda fountain counter with stools along the right side. Post cards of the town, comic books, medicines, and just about anything that a pharmacy of that period would carry was there.

But the real fun was in the rear of the store. Dr. Fitzsimmons was the pharmacist. and a character in every sense of the word. From his wild white hair and moustache, to being hard of hearing to his hard German accent, he was quite different. He maintained the pills and powders and everything medicinal in the floor to ceiling drawers and doors. All was painted black with white porcelain knobs. The only children ever allowed into that delightful world were the occasional waifs that were paid a quarter to sweep the floor.