Peoples Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Peoples Drug Store, Store No 97, 3146 Wilson Blvd (Clarendon), Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Wilson Blvd & Stuart Street, Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Store No 96, 1836 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, 3471 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Virginia Square Shopping Center, Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Route 7 and South Jefferson Street, Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Lee Highway & Old Dominion Drive, Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Williamsburg Shopping Center, Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Store No 139, 4819 1st Street North (Arlington Forrest Center), Arlington VA

Notes:
 According to Wikipedia, Peoples Drug was a chain of drugstores, founded in 1905 in Washington DC. They were purchased by Lane Drug in 1975, Imasco in 1984, and CVS in 1990.

Bottles:

peoples_03a peoples_03b This is a 2.3" green machine-made bottle with a plastic screw-top (left & right views shown). It has a label that says:
label PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / Store No. 96 / 1836 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA. / ... Dr. CASTRO ...



Other Items:
peoples_01 This is a cardboard pill box with a label from 1949 that says:
label PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / Store No. 139 / 4819 First St., N., Arlington Forest, Arlington, Va. / ... / 1-16-49
drugfair_04 This matchbook cover is similar to the one above, but it says there are 8 Drug Fairs instead of 3. It says:
front side PRESCRIPTIONS / 3471 NORTH FAIRFAX DRIVE / A Beautiful New / PEOPLES / In ARLINGTON !
back side IN KANN'S SHOPPING CENTER / PEOPLES / SERVICE / DRUG STORES / INC


1 Peoples Drugstore addresses are from various sources (old phonebooks, artifacts on ebay, facebook postings, etc) and may not be complete


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This page last updated on August 22, 2021.