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Smallflower.com has a rather interesting history which can be traced back to 1875, when Peter Merz, a Chicago pharmacist, opened Merz Apothecary on the city's north side. In a way, it was not much different than the other corner drugstores which existed in every American neighborhood and town at the time. It was a place to fill prescriptions and, more important, it was a source of information and remedies for common ailments.
However, there was a major difference between Merz's store and a typical drugstore. The clientele at his shop consisted mainly of European immigrants from the surrounding neighborhood. For that reason, and because Merz was of Swiss descent, he decided to call the store an "apothecary" in the European tradition. Like his overseas counterparts, he focused heavily on herbal medicines and traditional formulas, which were already popular and familiar among his international customers.
In the early 1960s, corner drugstores throughout the United States began to die off. Low margins on prescriptions and competition from large chain drugstores drove independent pharmacies out of business. The American pharmacist was quickly reduced from a trusted source of health advice to a mere pill-counter. But such was not the case at Merz Apothecary. Its loyal customer base and traditional herbal approach to health allowed it to thrive during this difficult period. As the majority of the country sought salvation through prescription drugs, Merz maintained its unique balance between modern (allopathic) medicine and traditional remedies. Its customers continued to seek out the advice of its experienced pharmacists and requested their hand-mixed formulas from the vintage apothecary bottles which lined the shelves.
In 1972 the store, which had been in the family for three generations, was about to close permanently. One month before the scheduled closing, 26-year-old pharmacist (and Smallflower.com cofounder), Abdul Qaiyum, walked into Merz Apothecary after hearing about it from his German in-laws. He immediately fell in love with the store. Merz Apothecary, with its focus on traditional natural remedies, reminded him of his family's business and the healing traditions in his homeland of Pakistan. He purchased it a few days later.
In 1982 the store moved to a new location. The new store was custom-built to replicate a turn-of-the-century European apothecary, complete with a hand-carved wooden exterior, leaded glass windows, parquet floors, tin ceilings, and solid oak cabinets. The store's original antique pharmacy jars and herb containers (which were still in use) now had a fitting home. Smallflower.com was started in 1998.
You can visit Merz Apothecary at 4716 N. Lincoln Avenue, in Chicago. This is a little ways south of Lawrence Avenue on the Chicago's north side.
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