The Overton Drug store, like many local drug stores, was a gathering spot for all ages during the boom.
The pharmacy was normally in the back of the store and would carry medicines such as Bosworth's Infallible Nervine, which seemed to cure just about everything.
The 1930 Wurlitzer jukebox is playing songs of the period.
Even though smoking is now known to be hazardous to one's health, it was widely practiced in the 1930s. In the tobacco display, there are examples of best-selling cigars, pipes, and cigarettes. Plug tobacco was also popular. Tobacco cutters are the large tools inside the cabinet.
The pharmacist is E.E. Crain. A photograph of his store in Longview can be seen at the top of the steps that head to his private quarters.
Many towns had more than one drug store.