Paraphrased from the “Historic Lewiston, Idaho
Facebook group: Two of Lewiston's premiere pharmacists pose for a candid photo on Main Street in 1897. Christian Osmers is shown balancing himself on the handlebars, while John Ray (right) looks on. The man on the left may have been Robert Sims, who was a pharmacist at the store. Osmers and Ray founded Lewiston's Owl Drug in May 1895. The stone building in the background was the old Lewiston National Bank building at 4th and Main. The drug store in the photo was owned by David Dent and Clayton Butler. The Dent and Butler Building still stands at the site. When this photo was taken, The Owl Drug was located in a storefront on the south side of Main. It moved to the new Weisgerber Building at 5th and Main in early 1905 and stayed there for 80 years.