Peoples Drugstores


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Peoples Drug Store, opposite Hotel Belmont, Abingdon VA
  Peoples Drug Stores, (various addresses), Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store (Frank C. Dinges Proprietor), Edinburg VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Caroline Street, Fredericksburg VA
  Peoples Service Drug Stores, 824-826 Main Street, Lynchburg VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Washington Avenue, Newport News VA
  Peoples Service Drug Stores, 301 Granby Street, Norfolk VA
  Peoples Drug Stores, A.O. McCalley Proprietor, 4916 Government Road, Richmond VA
  Peoples Drug Stores, 601 South Jefferson, Roanoke VA
  Peoples Service Drug Stores, 105 West Beverly St., Staunton VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Strasburg VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Tappahannock VA
  Peoples Drug Co., Winchester VA

Notes:
According to Wikipedia, People's Drug Store was a chain of drugstores, founded in 1905 in Washington DC. They were purchased by Lane Drug in 1975, Imasco in 1984, and CVS in 1990. 1
Some of the bottles below say "PEOPLE'S SERVICE DRUG STORE". According to Wikipedia, this was a variation on the name of the same company.1
The bottles & other items below are from the Peoples drugstore chain in the state of Virginia.

Bottles:

Abingdon VA
peoples_15 This is a clear 2.8" bottle with label that says::
Oil of Lavender / PEOPLES DRUG STORE / OPP. HOTEL BELMONT / ABINGDON, VIRGINIA
peoples_18 This postcard is postmarked 1941, and it depicts the Peoples drug store in Abingdon VA. On the bottom it says:
Peoples Drug Company, Abingdon, Virginia
Arlington VA
See Arlington VA Peoples Drug Stores
Edinburg VA
peoples_06 This is a clear 5.5" bottle with label that says::
ESS. OF LEMON / Absolute ALCOHOL 88.7% by volume / ... PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE / "CEASELESS TOILER AFTER TRADE " / FRANK C. DINGES, PROP. EDINBRG, VIRGINIA
peoples_05 This is a clear 4.3" screw-top bottle with label that says::
PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE / FRANK C. DINGES, PROP. / EDINBRG, VIRGINIA ...
peoples_09 This is a clear 6.3" screw-top bottle with label that says:
PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE / ... 11/7/51 ... / FRANK C. DINGES, PROP. EDINBRG, VIRGINIA
Fredericksburg VA
peoples_19 This is an unused postcard that depicts the Peoples Drug store on Caroline Street in Fredericksburg, VA.
Lynchburg VA
peoples_17 This is a green, 3.3" machine-made screw-top bottle with label from 1958 that says:
label: PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / 824-826 Main St., Tel. 2??51 Lynchburg, Va. / ... 2-27-58
Newport news VA
peoples_20 This is an unused postcard that depicts the Peoples Drug store on Washington Avenue in Newport News, VA (2nd store on the left). It appears to be circa the 1950s.
Norfolk VA
peoples_16 This is an amber, 3.5" (1-ounce) machine-made screw-top bottle with label:
label: FLUID EXTRACT ERGOT / Distributed by / PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / 301 Granby Street, Norfolk, Va.
Richmond VA
peoples_21 This is cardboard pill box with a label from 1958:
label: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / A. O. MCCALLEY, PROPRIETOR / 4916 GOVERNMENT ROAD, RICHMOND, VA. / REG.No.479 ... 12-9-58
Roanoke VA
peoples_07 This is an amber 3.8" screw-top bottle with label:
label: PEOPLES DRUG STORES / 601 South Jefferson St. Roanoke, Va. / ... Dr. Boyd ... / 9/11/57
peoples_08 This is an amber 2.5" screw-top bottle with label:
label: PEOPLES DRUG STORES / 601 South Jefferson St. Roanoke, Va. / ... Dr. Boyd ... / 8/3/54
Staunton VA
peoples_11 Green 3.3" screw-top bottle with label:
label: PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / 105 West Beverly St., Staunton, Va. / ... 3-10-59
Strasburg VA
peoples_01 This is a clear 2.8" bottle embossed:
vertical: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / OUR MOTTO IS PURITY / STRASBURG VA
peoples_02 This is a clear 4.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / OUR MOTTO IS PURITY / STRASBURG VA
peoples_14 This is a clear 3.9" bottle with white pyroglaze:
vertical pyroglaze: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / THE Rexall STORE / STRASBURG, VA
peoples_12 This is a cobalt blue (machine-made) bottle with a label. I've shown left/front/right views in the photo to show the entire label, which says:
label: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / PHONE 29 STRASBURG VA REG. No. 3925 / Dr. Winkfield / Billie Ritenour / 4 drops (warm) in left / ear three times a day / 7/7/51
peoples_04 This is a clear 2.7" screw-top deco-style bottle with a label that says:
label: OIL OF CLOVES / PEOPLES DRUG STORE / J.H. SULLENDER REG. No. 3925 / PHONE HObart 5-5193 STRASBURG, VA.
Tappahannock VA
peoples_10 This is a clear 9.5" bottle with a label:
label: MINERAL OIL / DOSE: ... / Distributed by / PEOPLES DRUG STORE / PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS/ TAPPAHANNOCK, VA.
Winchester VA
peoples_03 This is a clear 5.0" bottle embossed:
vertical: THE PEOPLES DRUG CO / INCORPERATED / PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS/ WINCHESTER, VA.
peoples_13 These are clear bottles, 9", 6", and 5.25" tall, embossed:
vertical: THE PEOPLES DRUG CO / INCORPERATED / PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS/ WINCHESTER, VA.


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This page last updated on October 19, 2022.