The Corner Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1,2
  The Corner Drug Store, Buena Vista VA (ca.1918-ca.1938)

Notes:
 There were multiple drugstores in Virginia named "The Corner Drugstore", so it was hard to research this one. The earliest newspaper advertisement I could find that mentions it was 19182, and it shows up in various Virginia drugstore directories from 1919-19381. It may have lasted beyond 1938, as I don't have any Virginia state drugstore directories after that year.

Bottles:

corner_01 Clear 4.5" unembossed bottle with a label:
label: The Corner Drug Store / ONLY THE BEST / PRESCIPTION DRUGGIST / BUENA VISTA, VIRGINIA
corner_02 Clear 3.5" unembossed bottle with a label:
label: THE CORNER DRUG STORE / ONLY THE BEST / PRESCIPTION DRUGGIST / BUENA VISTA, VIRGINIA
shirey_05 This is a clear 5.3" (3 oz) bottle that is embossed and has a label (front & rear shown). It says:
embossed horizontally: III
embossed vertically: Shirey & Brown / PHARMACISTS / BUENA VISTA, VA.
printed on the label: ESSSENCE LEMON / ALCOHOL, 90 PER CENT. / THE CORNER DRUG STORE / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST / BUENA VISTA, VIRGINIA
I don't know if this means that The Corner Drugstore" was affiliated with "Shirey & Brown", or if they just happened to slap a corner drugstore label on a Shirey & Brown bottle.


1 Various Virginia Drugstore Directories for years: 1906,10-13,16,17,19,20,21,27,35,38
2 Richmond Times-dispatch, 16-Jun-1918, page 5 (soap ad with a list of Virginia Drugstores where it's sold)


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