Barnes Drug Store
Company Names, addresses, dates: 1,4
  Woolfolk & Ellis, 102 N. Railroad Ave, Ashland VA (????-1899)
  Barnes Drug Store, 102 N. Railroad Ave, Ashland VA (1899-19??)
Notes:
Clyde Aquila Barnes (1877-1941)2
went to work at the
J.G. Hughes Drug Store
at the age of 14, and stayed there for 7 years.
That would have been circa 1891-1898.
4
He initially bought out the drugstore of Woolfolk & Ellis1, and his
early business partner was Dr. D.S. Ellis, but Barnes eventually became
the full owner of the drugstore.
4
Barnes passed away in 1941, but judging by the cars in the postcard that is depicted
below, I suspect that his drug store kept going and kept the Barnes name beyond that
year.
Additional information about the Barnes drug store is available at the
Ashland Museum web site
Bottles:
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Clear 5.6" (4 oz) screw-top bottle with white Applied Color Label (ACL) :
horizontal embossing: 3iv
horizontal ACL: BARNES / DRUG STORE / (logo with mortar & pestle that says "RELIABLE PRESCRIPTIONS")
/ ASHLAND, -VA. / DIAL - 3981
base: 5 / Knoxall
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Amber 7" screw-top bottle with a label:
Label: CASTOR OIL / DOSE: Adults, from 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls; /
children, from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. / C. A. BARNES, DRUGGIST /
NEXT DOOR TO HANOVER BANK / ASHLAND, VIRGINIA / REG. NO. 189
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Other items:
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This postcard depicts the Barnes drugstore. I don't know the date of the postcard, because it is unused
(i.e. no post office cancelation date on the back).
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This photo came from Google in July 2016 (I don't know how long before that it was taken by Google). It depicts the building that was once Barnes drug store.
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1 Ashland museum's web site
2 Death certificate for Clyde A. Barnes, b:17-Apr-1876, d:20-Jan-1941 in Ashland VA, occupation:Druggist
3 Find-a-grave for Clyde Aquila Barnes
4 Richmond Times Dispatch, 21-Jan-1941, page 12 (obituary for Clyde A.Barnes)
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This page last updated on August 4, 2020.