W.G. Young


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  W.G. Young, Queen Street near Hope Street, Hampton VA, (1896-1902)
  W.G. Young, 65 West Queen Street, Hampton VA, (1903-1920)
  W.G. Young, 394 West Queen Street, Hampton VA, (1923-1935)

Notes:
 William Green Young (1859-1937)2 opened a drug store at the corner of Queen and Hope Streets. He had previously been partnered with L.H. Sclater. 3

Lemuel H. Sclater is listed in an 1870 directory as running a drug store on Queen Street.4
It lasted from 1866-1891, and during some of that time Sclater was partnered with Young.1


Bottles:

young_01 This is a clear 4.2" mouth-blown bottle, embossed:
vertical slugplate: (WGM monogram) / W.G. YOUNG / PHARMACIST / HAMPTON, VA.


1 Book: "Old Bottles of the Virginia Peninsula 1885-1941" by Fred Rawlinson
2 Find=a=grave entry for William Green Young
3 City directories for Hampton, 1870 and 1871
4 January 15, 1903, in "The Drugists' Circular and Chemical Gazette, Volume 47", p. xix


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