- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- S.S.S. Laboratory of the Swift Specific Company
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1887
- Subject:
- Buildings--Atlanta--Georgia
Manufacturers--Georgia--Atlanta
Medicine
Drawing--Georgia--Atlanta
Swift Specific Company (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Woodcut view of the S.S.S. Laboratory of the Swift Specific Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
Elixir; businesses; business enterprises;
Swift Specific Company was incorporated June 13, 1879. The only medicine manufactured by the company was the famous S.S.S. Remedy, also known as Swift’s Specific for the blood. The building was built on the corner of Hunter and Butler Streets in 1883 and was three stories tall. The company employed approximately thirty-five men and ten women. The company sold in the United States and in foreign countries, with a depot set up in London, England. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3909.001
ahc1703909001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2214
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
