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Charles  Bullock. 
(  A  m.  .lour.  lJharru. 
I  September,  1900. 
For  some  years  they  owned  and  manufactured  Osborn's  water 
colors,  which  were  said  to  be  fully  equal  to  any  of  foreign  manu- 
facture. 
The  growth  of  their  business  necessitated  more  room,  and 
through  the  interest  of  Thos.  Powers  the  property  now  known  as 
528  Arch  Street,  previously  occupied  by  the  S.  S.  White  Dental 
Manufacturing  Company,  was  secured,  and  also  the  property  in  the 
rear,  531  North  Street. 
A  four-story  brick  connecting  building  was  constructed  and  the 
entire  property  remodelled  and  refitted,  and  in  September,  1868, 
they  removed  to  this  location,  where  they  have  since  continued. 
A  retail  apothecary  and  dispensing  department  has  always  been 
maintained.  Following  the  old  custom  of  the  trade,  the  firm  has 
employed  and  given  practical  instruction  to  a  great  many  appren- 
tices, and  has  always  encouraged  these  to  take  advantage  of  the 
scientific  education  offered  by  the  College.  It  is  doubtful  if  any 
other  firm  has  been  preceptor  to  so  large  a  number  of  the  students 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
For  more  than  fifty  years  this  firm  has  continued  in  business,  and 
the  principles  of  honest,  conscientious  discharge  of  every  duty  per- 
taining to  their  calling,  either  as  dispensing  pharmacists,  manufac- 
turers or  merchants,  were  grafted  so  thoroughly  and  impressively 
upon  all  their  dealings  that  they  established  an  exemplary  business 
reputation. 
Always  careful  in  the  selection  of  quality  in  their  purchases, 
using  the  purest  materials  only,  and  insisting  upon  maintaining  the 
most  exacting  requirements  of  the  methods  of  preparation  and  dis- 
pensing, their  products  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  both  physician 
and  pharmacist. 
Charles  Bullock  was  an  educated  pharmacist  of  the  old  school, 
who  realized  the  importance  of  his  calling,  and  aimed  to  be  an 
honor  thereto.  He  was  not  devoid  of  ambition,  and  while  he  strove 
for  financial  success,  nevertheless  the  mere  acquirement  of  wealth 
had  but  a  secondary  place  in  his  efforts,  and  in  this  direction  his 
friends  and  business  associates  thought  him  entirely  too  conservative. 
Pie  especially  deprecated  the  introduction  of  patent  medicines  and 
proprietary  remedies  into  pharmacy.  Their  rapid  increase  in  number 
only  increased  his  distaste  for  this  class  of  preparations.  This  feel, 
ing  finally  became  so  pronounced  that  some  years  ago  he  decided  to 
eliminate  them  entirely  from  their  jobbing  business. 
