B.J. Edelen


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  B.J. Edelen, Ashland VA (circa 1890-1895) 1,2

Notes:
Benjamin J. Edelen (c1867-1903) was a druggist1.
He was originally from Alexandria Virginia. An 1881 City directory from Alexandria listed a "Bennie" Edelen as a clerk working for the W.F. Creighton drug store, so he may have gotten his start in the drug store business when he was in Alexandria.
Somewhere around 1890 he opened the B.J. Edelen drug store in Ashland, Virginia, where he partnered with Dr. E.T. Rucker, who later moved to Manchester1. I don't know the exact years that this drug store was in operation, but a newspaper article2 gives a start date of about 1888-1890.
Somewhere around 1896 Edelen moved to Richmond, and was associated with the drug store of A.W.Nolting Jr , on East Broad Street1. Later he started the Edelen Pharmacy at Second and Canal street, which first shows up in Richmond city directories in 1898.

Bottles:

edelen_01 This is a clear 3.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: B. J. EDELEN / DRUGGIST / ASHLAND, VA.


1 Richmond Times Dispatch, May 12, 1903, page 2 (obituary)
2 Richmond Daily Dispatch, Oct 30, 1902, page 2


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