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#  Company History

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- [ Company Updates ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=54&Itemid=1331)
- [ Company History ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=50&Itemid=1100)
- [ Product Tips ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=52&Itemid=1153)
- [ Product History ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=51&Itemid=1154)
- [ Product Updates ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=53&Itemid=1266)

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  [ ![usa flag](https://ssscompany.com/images/2026/04/anthony-shane-n5HBPCn004k-unsplash.jpg) ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=321:sss-tonic-200-years&catid=50)

Company History

##  [S.S.S. Tonic Part Of American History For 200 Years](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=321:sss-tonic-200-years&catid=50)

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE S.S.S. Tonic marks the 200th anniversary of its first written documentation, a formula rooted in Muscogee Nation tradition that has never stopped being made in Georgia ATLANTA, GA — On May 17, 1826, an indigen…

 [ ![women](https://ssscompany.com/images/2026/Press%20Release%20Womens%20Month/PR_INTRO_1200x800.png) ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=316:womens-month-media-release&catid=50)

Company History

##  [The 1897 Female Corporate President: How Lena Swift Shattered Atlanta's Corporate Glass Ceiling Decades Before Women's Suffrage](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=316:womens-month-media-release&catid=50)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ahead of Her Time: The Legacy of Lena Burckhardt Swift (later Mrs. Lena Swift Huntley), One of America’s Earliest Female Corporate Presidents (1897–1898) based in Atlanta, Georgia. Decades before women in executive…

 [ ![](https://ssscompany.com/images/Fannie%20Lamar%20Gately/fannie_intro_1200x800.png) ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=315:fannie-lamar-gately&catid=50)

Company History

##  [The Secret Keeper & The Strategist: Fannie Lamar Gately](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=315:fannie-lamar-gately&catid=50)

 Introduction: A Legacy of Loyalty Some leaders are born, and others are built. Fannie Lamar Gately (formerly Fannie Lamar Rankin) was both. She was the daughter of Henry J. Lamar, one of the founding pillars of the S.S.S. Company. Fanni…

 [ ![](https://ssscompany.com/images/Lena%20Swift%20Huntley/v2_intro_1200x800.png) ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=314:lena-swift-huntley&catid=50)

Company History

##  [The Matriarch of S.S.S.: How Lena Swift Led a Legacy — Leading the Board and Protecting the Family Trust for 40 Years](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=314:lena-swift-huntley&catid=50)

 Introduction: A Time Machine to 1897 Imagine walking down Peachtree Street in Atlanta in 1897. The city is buzzing with the energy of the New South. You hear the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and the occasional hum of a brand-new ele…

 [ ![](https://ssscompany.com/images/2025/04/IMG_2171.jpg) ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=272:february-1985-southern-pharmacy-journal&catid=50)

Company History

##  [The S.S.S Company Reaching Out To New Customers With New Products](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=272:february-1985-southern-pharmacy-journal&catid=50)

In February 1985, Southern Pharmacy Journal featured S.S.S. Company. Our former president, Charles M. Bentley, is seen on the far left of the cover.

 [ ![](https://ssscompany.com/images/2025/1890-ajc-newspaper-above-fold-top-charles-swift.jpg) ](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=270:charles-swifts-obituary&catid=50)

Company History

##  [Swifties Since the 1800s ~ Colonel Charles T. Swift's Obituary ~ He Died Suddenly](https://ssscompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=270:charles-swifts-obituary&catid=50)

SSS Pharmaceuticals has its origins back to 1826, where SSS Tonic was originally acquired. We were founded by Colonel Charles T. Swift. So, this makes us Swifties since the 1800s, well before it was cool. Charles Swift acquired the formul…

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