NY Times | The Secrets Inside the C.O. Bigelow Apothecary (Est. 1838)
Ian Ginsberg stood in his West Village office above C.O. Bigelow, considered by some to be the oldest pharmacy in the United States. He was unwrapping vintage items from the early 1900s: An amber bottle filled with German Salts; a glass container of Violet Witch Hazel with a crown top; a round, pink box that once held pills. Each had been meticulously packed in tissue paper and Bubble Wrap. Mr. Ginsberg handled the objects as if he had come from an excavation site.