Krieger, G.A.


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  George A. Krieger, 4th corner Lincoln, Portsmouth VA (1870-1882)
  Gottlob A. Krieger, 608 Fourth Street, Portsmouth VA (1883)
  G. A. Krieger, 602 Fourth Street, Portsmouth VA (1885)
  G. A. Krieger, 301 High Street, Portsmouth VA (1886-1899) 1,2

Notes:
 Gottlob A. Krieger (1823-1900)3 was born in Germany, and went by the name "George"4.

He started in the drug business on or before 1870. His drugstore shows up in Portsmouth city directories over the years as "Gottlob A. Krieger", "George A. Kreiger", and just "G. A. Krieger". 1

He may have started his career as a grocer. There are ads for a grocery business named "Krieger & Barker" from 1867 in Norfolk, although they don't give a first name for "Krieger". 5
Also, the residential section of the Portsmouth city directories from 1882-1885 list him as having both a grocery store and a drug store, so he apparently gave the grocery business another try during that time.

After his death in 1900, his drug store was taken over by Dews & Maupin 6.


Bottles:
krieger_01 This is a clear, 5" bottle embossed:
vertical: G.A. KRIEGER / DRUGGIST / PORTSMOUTH, VA.
krieger_02 This is a clear, 4.25" bottle embossed:
vertical: G.A. KRIEGER / DRUGGIST / PORTSMOUTH, VA.
It's embossed the same as the bottle above, but the letters are a different style & size.


1 City directories for Portsmouth VA, 1870,72,74,75,80,82,83,85,86,89,90,92,97,1900,02,05,10,13,14,15,17,18,20,22,24,25
2 Virginian-Pilot, 10-Dec-1899, p.17 (mention of Krieger drug business closing out)
3 Find-a-grave entry for George A. Krieger
4 Norfolk Virginian, 17-Feb-1900, page 11 (Obituary for George A. Krieger)
5 Norfolk Journal, 30-Jan-1867, page 3 (ad for "Peas, Potatoses, &c." by Krieger & Barker's)
6 Norfolk Virginian, 03-Mar-1900, page 11


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