Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

Clinton's Drug Store

Harry S. Truman got his first job at the Clinton Drugstore. Every morning, he opened the store at six thirty, cleaned the floors, polished the prescription bottles and worked at the soda fountain. For all this work, he was paid just three dollars a week.

(Click on door to see store's interior.)

Clinton Drug Store

Clinton's Drug Store Interior


The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of thirteen Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

500 W. US Hwy. 24. Independence MO 64050
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Phone: 816-268-8200 or 1-800-833-1225;
Fax: 816-268-8295.

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