Gayheart Drug Store / Bruce's Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Macoy's Drug Store, 101 E Davis Street, Culpeper VA
  Bruce's Drug Store, 101 E Davis Street, Culpeper VA
  Gayheart Drug Store, 101 E Davis Street, Culpeper VA 1

Notes:
The drugstore at 101 E Davis Street in downtown Culpeper was originally known as Macoy's Drug store2. Later it became Bruce's Drug Store3. Sometime in the 1940s it became Gayheart's drug store.

Bottles:

gayheart_01 (enlarge) Clear 4.3" screw-top bottle with label:
label: GAYHEART DRUG STORE / the Rexall Store / MARSHALL GAYHEART, PROP. / CULPEPER, VIRGINIA
gayheart_05 (enlarge) Clear 4.3" screw-top bottle with label:
label: AROM. SPT. OF AMMONIA / ALCOHOL 62 to 68 PER CENT / ... / GAYHEART DRUG STORE / the Rexall Store / MARSHALL GAYHEART, PROP. / CULPEPER, VIRGINIA


This is an ice cream carton from Gayheart's Drug Store. gayheart_02 (enlarge)
This is a postcard of downtown Culpeper. The building on the corner (to the right) was at one time Gayheart's drug store1. gayheart_03 (enlarge)
This is a photo taken March 2009 of the building that housed the Gayheart Drug Store. It currently houses the Frost Cafe. gayheart_04 (enlarge)
This is a postcard depicting Bruce's Drug store. It's the same building as Gayheart's shown above, but taken from a different angle.
bruce_01 (enlarge)


1 "In & Around Culpeper - Walking & Driving Tours of a Virginia Piedmont Town", produced by the Museum of Culpeper History
2 "Postcards of America Downtown Culpeper" by Diane Logan, on the back of the postcard depicting the interior of Gayhearts in the 1940s
3 "Along Virginia's Route 15" b Josie Ballato, page 87 postcard depicting Bruce's in the 1920s




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This page last updated on May 6, 2012.