Jos. C. Avis


Company Names, addresses, dates:
   Jos. C. Avis, 5 East Main Street, Berryville VA (1900-1926) 1,2,3

Notes:
Joseph C. Avis (1863-1926)4 worked at the W. Richardson drugstore, and purchased it in April 1900, shortly before Richardson passed away2.
Avis ran his drug store until 1926, when he sold it to Edward P. Berlin .

The following is a list of the drugstores in the building at 5 East Main Street:
    W. Richardson, (1880-1900) 1,2,5
    J.C. Avis, (1900-1926) 1,2,3
    Berlin's Drug Store, (1926-1936) 3



Bottles:

avis_02 This is a clear, BIM, 6" tall bottle embossed:
vertical: Jos. C. Avis / BERRYVILLE, VA.
avis_01 This is a clear, unembossed, 5.6" bottle with a label that says:
label: SYRUP / PINUS ALBA COMP. / (White Pine Comp.) / ... / C. AVIS, DRUGGIST / BERRYVILLE VA
embossed on the base: T C W & CO


1 Photo of Joe Avis's drug store at 5 E. Main, Clarke Co Historical Association web site record 1998.00472.013
2 Clarke Courier, 25-Apr-1900, page 4
3 Some Old Families of Clarke County Virginia, by Lorraine F. Myers, Stuart E. Brown Jr. and Eileen M. Chappel
4 Find-a-grave for Joseph C. Avis Sr.
5 Clarke Courier, 31-Jan-1906, page 2 (obituary for Mary Richardson, Webster's wife)


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This page last updated on July 28, 2020.