Grove & McKay


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Grove & McKay, Corner Main & Broad Streets, Luray VA
  H.R. McKay & Son, East Main Street, Luray VA

Notes:
Dr. Frank W. Grove bought a drug store at the corner of Main & Broad Streets in Luray from G.W. Haines in 18871.
Henry R. McKay was a partner with Grove from 1893 to 1930, when he bought out Dr. Grove and made his son William a partner. William later became the sole proprietor1.


Grove & McKay Bottles:

mckay_04 (enlarge) Left bottle is 4.5", right bottle is 5.0". They are both clear, embossed:
vertical: GROVE & McKAY / LURAY, VA.



H.R. McKay & Son Bottles:
mckay_01 (enlarge) Clear 3.7" screw-top machine-made bottle with red lettered label:
label: CAMPHORATED OIL, U.S.P. / ... / H.R. McKAY & SON / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS / EAST MAIN STREET LURAY, VA.
mckay_02 (enlarge) Clear 3" screw-top machine-made bottle with label:
label: H.R. McKAY & SON / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS / EAST MAIN STREET LURAY, VA. / (the rest is hand-written & hard to read)
mckay_03 (enlarge) Green 2.5" screw-top (eye-dropper) machine-made bottle with label:
label: H.R. McKAY & SON / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS / EAST MAIN STREET LURAY, VA. / 237-428 10-7-46 ... Dr. Brumbeck



1Book: Luray and Page County, by Dan Vaughn




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