Donald Gilmore, the Upjohn CEO in the 1940's and 50's, was a close friend of Walt Disney. That friendship was the reason why The Upjohn Company had a pharmacy store in Disneyland between June 1954 and 1970. Disney had one of their employees design the building. When Upjohn saw the mock-up, they protested, saying Disney's design did not reflect the layout of old-time drugstores. Upjohn then hired the famous Will Burtin to design the store. There are photos of other old-time pharmacies in the Upjohn archives that confirm Upjohn did research about how such a store should look. The building was ultimately constructed according to Burtin's plans. The rental cost was $37,720 per year.

 

Of course, it was not a real pharmacy - it hosted an exhibition which traced the origins of pharmacy back to its early beginnings. Visitors could get free Unicap vitamins as shown in the first photo. The Upjohn Disneyland Pharmacy is now the Fortuosity Shop but one of the upper storey windows still bears the names of Donald S Gilmore and William E Upjohn.

 

Many of the artifacts from the Upjohn Disneyland Pharmacy are in the Pharmacy Museum at the University of Arizona in Tucson.