Williams Pharmacy


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Williams Pharmacy, Church cor 18th Huntersville, Norfolk VA (1913-1914)
  Williams Pharmacy, 1757 Church, Norfolk VA (1915-1916)

Notes:
Arza Gage Williams Sr. (1883-1964)2 was the proprietor of the Williams Pharmacy.1

The Williams Pharmacy doesn't show up in the 1912 city directory, but there was a newspaper mention in December of that year, saying that Williams' was filing a petition for bankruptcy of his drug store on Church Street in Huntersville.3
I don't know what became of that filing, but the store continued on until about 1916. 1

Williams is listed in the 1917 city directory as the secretary-treasurer of the Home Remedy drug company, and in later years he's listed as a physician. 1

I could find no evidence that Arza Gage Williams was related to John Newton Williams of the Williams & Tynes drug company.

Bottles:
williams_02 This is a clear, 7.4" (8 oz) bottle embossed:
horizontal: 3 viii
vertical: Williams Pharmacy / 18TH & CHURCH STS. / NORFOLK, VA.
base: C L G CO / 4


1 Norfolk City directories, 1851,66,70,72,74-75,77,80,82-83,85-86,88-92,94-95,97-99,1900-20,22-25,27-28,30
2 Find-a-grave entry for Arza Gage Williams
3 Virginian-Pilot, 27-Dec-1912, p.4 ("Bankruptcy Petition")


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