Alfred R. Showman


Company Names, addresses, dates:
   A.R. Showman, Main Street near the Post Office, Berryville VA (c.1890s) 1,2

Notes:
Alfred Regal Showman Sr (1862-1941)3 was born in Maryland, and he married Margaret Lee Castleman from Berryville in 18964.
The only year I can confirm that Showman ran a drugstore in Berryville was 18982. Showman was listed as a druggist in Baltimore in the US Census in the years 1900,1910,1920 & 1930, so he moved to Baltimore sometime on or before 1900.


Bottles:

showman_01 This is an amber, unembossed, 8.6" BIM bottle with a label that says:
label: HOUSEHOLD / AMONIA / For Household and Toilet Purposes / ... / A. R. SHOWMAN / DRUGGIST / MAIN Street ??? Post Office / BERRYVILLE, VA.


1 Location of Showmans store is based on the damaged label on the bottle depicted above which seems to say "opposite post office"
2 Virginia Pharmaceutical Association publication for 1898
3 Obituary for Alfred R. Showman, died 24-Feb-1941
4 Marriage certificate between Alfred Regal Showman Sr & Margaret Lee Castleman in Berryville VA, 13-Feb-1896


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This page last updated on June 20, 2020.