Read's Drug Store
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Read's Drug Store was a chain of stores based in Baltimore, Maryland. Read's Drug Store was founded by William Read. He sold it to the Nattans family in 1899. The downtown store was constructed in 193
Read's Drug Store building in Baltimore; site of 1955 desegregation sit-in
Rite Aid
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Rite Aid Corporation was an American drugstore chain based in Philadelphia. Founded in 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at its peak it operated more than 5,000 stores. By May 2025, it operated only 1,2
Read's Drug Store
…responsible for the Bank of America building at 10 Light St. In 1929, one company slogan was "Run Right to Reads." Read's was purchased from the Nattans by Rite Aid in 1977. In 2023, Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid several opioid lawsuits and declining sales. Despite Read's shutting down 40 years prior…
A Rite Aid store in Glendale, California, in 2023
Eckerd store in Rochester, Pennsylvania, pictured shortly before its conversion into a Rite Aid in August 2007
Interior of a Rite Aid store in San Ramon, California, in March 2017
Rite Aid store in Rose Hill, Virginia, in September 2018, before converting to a Walgreens location