Nottoway Drug Co


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Nottoway Drug Co, 122 S. Main St., Blackstone VA (1915-ca.1986) 1,2,3

Notes:
Harry Richmond Hamlett (1888-1961)4 was the original president of the Nottoway Drug Company. T.P. Epes was the original secretary & treasurer.1
The 1940 US Census lists Harry as a drugstore owner, his wife Irene as a drugstore bookkeeper, and his son T.Coleman as a druggist. So I guess this was a family business.


Bottles:

nottoway_01 This is a clear 7" bottle shaped like a test-tube, with a label:
label: NOTTOWAY DRUG CO. / BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA / ( "PURITY AND ACCURACY" in a red shield) / For Mr. ??? / No. 101349-MI Dr. White / Tablet 3 times a day after / meals 2 hours dissolved in glass / of water. 2/23/35



Other items:
This is a ruler from the Nottoway Drug Company. It is marked:
front:
Quality Druggs at prices that / are right // Nottoway Drug Company / Blackstone, Virginia // You get the best at our store / Make our store your store
rear:
NR TO-NIGHT / Tomorrow Alright / The All Vegetable Laxative // Name___ / Class____ / Address___ // TUMS For A FUSSY TUMMY / Relieves Acid Indigestion - Heartburn
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This is a photo of the building at 122 S Main Street, Blackstone VA, which presumably used to house the Nottoway Drug Co (photo from Google Aug-2020) nottoway_03
This is a postcard of South Main Street looking North in Blacksone VA, circa the 1950s. It looks like the 2nd building on the left is the Nottoway drug co. I think the sign says:
NOTTOWAY / DRUG / CO / PET / ICE CREAM / DRUGS
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1 Richmond Times-Dispatch, 28-Mar-1915, page 15 (for the year Nottoway Drug was incorporated)
2 Richmond Times-Dispatch, 20-Feb-1986, page 6 (last mention I found of Nottoway Drug Co in Blackstone)
3 Address of Nottoway Drug Co was found at www.merchantcircle.com
4 Death cert for Harry Richmond Hamlett, b:24-Feb-1888, d:1-Sep-1961 in Blackstone VA


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This page last updated on August 21, 2022.