W.C. Reser


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Cowan & Reser, State St. Cor 6th, Bristol VA (1905) 1
  Owl Drug Co (W.C. Reser), Bristol VA (1906) 1
  Owl Drug Co (W.C. Reser), 533 State St, Bristol VA (1909) 1
  Owl Drug Co (W.C. Reser), 409 State St, Bristol VA (1942-46) 2
  W.C. Reser, Bristol VA

Notes:
William Clyde Reser (1880-1947)3 was a druggist in Bristol.
The 1900 US Census lists him as a drug salesman, and the 1910/20/30/40 Census lists him as owning a drug store. He was listed as living in the Tennessee side of town during all these years.
His drug store was in the Virginia side of town though. The 1942,44, and 46 Bristol city directories list him as living in Tenn but the Owl Drugstore for which he was president was at 409 State Street on the Virginia Side of town.

For information on W.C. Reser, see this article from April 26, 2009 in the bristol herald courier web site.

Bottles:

reser_01 Clear 6" (4 oz) bottle embossed:
vertical: W. C. RESER / DRUGGIST / BRISTOL, VA.-TENN.


1 The Bristol Bottles & History web site
2 Hill's Bristol VA-TENN City Directory, years 1942,44,46
3 Death certificate 20849 for William Clyde Reser, b:8-Jul-1880, d:24-Aug-1947 in Bristol Tenn


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