Bodeker Brothers


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Bodeker Brothers, 1414 Main Street, Richmond VA
  Bodeker Drug Co., Richmond VA

Notes:
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Bottles:

bodeker_01 (enlarge) Aqua 4.3" bottle embossed:
horizontal: BODEKER BROS / RICHMOND, VA
bottom: (smudge, possibly a pontil scar of some kind?)
bodeker_04 (enlarge) Aqua 7.0" bottle (with cracks) embossed:
horizontal: BODEKER BROS / RICHMOND, VA



Other Items:
bodeker_02 (enlarge) This is a 9" long metal ice pick from the Bodeker Drug Company. It is marked as follows:
front: COMPLEMENTS OF / BODEKER DRUG CO. / RICHMOND, VA.
back: WE APPRRECIATE / YOUR BUSINESS
bodeker_03 (enlarge) This is a Victorian trade card. The front and rear are shown in the photo below. It is marked:
front: BODEKER BROTHERS, / WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRUGGISTS, / (basket of flowers) 1414 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA.
back: PULMONARY ??? / The necessity for a SFE, PLEASANT & / EFECTUAL REMEDY for the cure of / COUGHTS, COLDS, ASTHMA, CROUP, WHOOPING-COUGH, / DIFFICULT BREATHING, &c., / ... FOR SALE BY / BODEKER BROTHERS / Manufacturers & Proprietors, 1414 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA.
bodeker_05 (enlarge) This is a cork-screw bottle opener. It is marked on both sides with:
BODEKER DRUG COMPANY
bodeker_06 (front) bodeker_07 (back) This is a boook with blank pages, like a writing tablet. It is printed with:
front: WANT / BOOK / OUR MOTTO: / "All orders filled same day received" / The Wholesale Drug Distributors / of Today / Full and Complete Line of Sundries / The Bodeker Drug Co. / 1414-16-18-20 E. Main St. / RICHMOND, VIRGINIA / DIAL PHONES / 2-9034 2-9035 2-9036 / 2-9037 2-9038
back: DISTRIBUTORS OF / ELI LILLY and COMPANY / SHARPE and DOHME / PHARMACEUTICALS and / SPECIALTIES / MERRELL'S DAILY HEALTH NEEDS / B.F. GOODRICH RUBBER SUNDRIES / DR. WEST TOOTH BRUSHES AND / SPECIALTIES / FULL LINE OF IMPORTED / PURFUMES / WHITE & WYCKOFF STATIONARY / SCHOOL SUPPLIES / EVEREADY FLASHLIGHTS / COMPLETE LINE OF SODA / FOUNTAIN SUPPLIES / BAUER & BLACK / JOHNSON & JOHNSON / EASTMAN KODAKS AND FILMS / PROPRIETORS OF THE / CELEBRATED / PICOT'S VI. WORM REMEDY / BODEKER'S DIME PILLS / MILLER'S CORN REMEDY / JOHNSON'S PILE OINTMENT / The Bodeker Drug Co. / Richmond, Va.






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This page last updated on April 22, 2011.