Pine's Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Pine's Drug Store, 1 West Main Street, Berryville VA (c.1945-c.1956) 1,2

Notes:
George S. Pine (1908-1956)3 was a native of Berryville. He graduated from the Medical College of VA (School of Pharmacy) in 1929. He worked for Charles C. Haskell & Co in Richmond until 1945. 2
In 1945, Edward P. Berlin sold his drugstore at 1 West Main Street to someone named Hanley, who in turn sold it to George Pine1.
Pine passed away in 19562. Sometime after that, his estate sold the drug store to Eugene White1.

The following is a list of the drugstores that occupied the building at 1 West Main Street:
    Berlin's Drug Store, (1936-1945) 4,5
    Pine's Drug Store, (c.1945-c.1956) 1,2
    Whites's Pharmacy, (c.1956-c.1998) 6



Bottles:

pine_01 Clear 3.5" screw-top bottle with label::
rear label: OIL OF CITRONELLA / To repel mosquitoes, gnats, and house flies, sprinkle or / spray oil in room. Apply a little on exposed parts.
label on top of rear label: PINE'S DRUG STORE / (Successor to Berlin's Drug Store) / BERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA


1 From Description of photo of building at 1 W. Main, Clarke Co Historical Association web site, record 1989.00284.216.A
2 Richmond Times Dispatch, 05-Nov-1956, p.18 (obit for George S. Pine)
3 Death Certificate 27092 from Berryville, George S. Pine, d:2-Nov-1956, b:22-Nov-1908
4 Some Old Families of Clarke County Virginia, by Lorraine F. Myers, Stuart E. Brown Jr. and Eileen M. Chappel
5 Clarke Courier, March 1966 (exact date & page unknown) - obituary for Mayor E.P. Berlin
6 From Description of photo showing interior of Whites Pharmacy, Clarke Co Historical Association web site, record 1998.00472.261


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