IDL Drug Stores
Encyclopedia
IDL Drug Stores or the Independent Drugstores League was a cooperative
of independent drugstore
s that disbanded in the late 1960s. Several drugstores retain the IDL name, including Seebers IDL in Newport, Washington
and Schneiders IDL in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. Among their promotional items were baseball
trading card
s.
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
of independent drugstore
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
s that disbanded in the late 1960s. Several drugstores retain the IDL name, including Seebers IDL in Newport, Washington
Newport, Washington
Newport is a city in, and the county seat of, Pend Oreille County, Washington. The population was 2,126 at the 2010 census.-History:Newport was given its name in 1890 because it was selected as a landing site for the first steamboat on the Pend Oreille River. Newport was officially incorporated on...
and Schneiders IDL in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
. Among their promotional items were baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
trading card
Trading card
A trading card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing and a short description of the picture, along with other text...
s.