Harold Y. Spencer


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Harold Y. Spencer, Appomattox VA
  Spencer Drug Store, Appomattox VA

Notes:
Harold Yancey Spencer (1900-1960)1 was a pharmacist in Appomattox, VA.
His 1918 WW-I draft card lists him as a Drug Clerk in Appomattox, working for Chas. J. James. He would have been 18 years old at that time.
The 1920 US Census lists his occupation as a salesman at a drug store in Appomatox.
The 1930 US Census lists his occupation as a pharmacist at a drug store in Appomatox.
His 1942 WW-II draft card has him living in Lynchburg VA, working for Sharp & Dohme.
His 1945 Marriage Certificate lists him living in Appomattox again, with his occupation listed as druggist.
He passed away on October 10, 1960, but one of the bottles below is dated from 1963, so his drug store apparently continued with the name "Spencer Drug Store" after he died.

Bottles:

spencer_01 This is a 5.5" (3 oz) clear machine-made bottle with a white Applied Colored Label that says:
vertical THE Rexall STORE / Harold Y. Spencer / DRUGGIST / APPOMATTOX, VIRGINIA
spencer_02 This is a 6.25" clear machine-made bottle with a Label from 1963 that says:
Label REG NO 3886 / SPENCER DRUG STORE INC / PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS / APPOMATTOX, VIRGINIA / ... 4-40-63



Other Items:
spencer_03 This is a matchbook cover that says:
front: SPENCER'S / DRUG STORE / THE REXALL STORE / Dial 2111 / APPOMATTOX, VA. / "TRY THE / DRUG STORE FIRST" / ...
back: (photo of house) / McLEAN HOUSE / MEETING PLACE OF / LEE and GRANT ...
spencer_04 This is a matchbook cover that says:
front: HAROLD Y. SPENCER / DRUGGIST / "Where Lee / Was Surrounded" / APPOMATTOX, VIRGINIA / ...
back: Rx / Prescriptions / CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED BY / REGISTERED PHARMACISTS / (picture of man mixing drugs) ...


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This page last updated on December 3, 2021.