Peoples Drugstores
Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Peoples Drug Store, opposite Hotel Belmont, Abingdon VA
  Peoples Drug Stores, (various addresses), Arlington VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Barboursville VA
  Peoples Drug Store (Frank C. Dinges Proprietor), Edinburg VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Caroline Street, Fredericksburg VA
  Peoples Service Drug Stores, 824-826 Main Street, Lynchburg VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Washington Avenue, Newport News VA
  Peoples Service Drug Stores, 301 Granby Street, Norfolk VA
  Peoples Drug Stores, A.O. McCalley Proprietor, 4916 Government Road, Richmond VA
  Peoples Drug Stores, 601 South Jefferson, Roanoke VA
  Peoples Service Drug Stores, 31 Campbell Ave West, Roanoke VA
  Peoples Service Drug Stores, 105 West Beverly St., Staunton VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Strasburg VA
  Peoples Drug Store, Tappahannock VA
  Peoples Drug Co., 9 N. Main St., Winchester VA
Notes:
According to Wikipedia, People's Drug Store was a chain of drugstores, founded in 1905 in
Washington DC.
They were purchased by Lane Drug in 1975, Imasco in 1984, and CVS in 1990. 1
Some of the bottles below say "PEOPLE'S SERVICE DRUG STORE". According to Wikipedia,
this was a variation on the name of the same company.1
The bottles & other items below are from the Peoples drugstore chain in the state of Virginia.
Bottles:
Abingdon VA | ||
This is a clear 2.8" bottle with label that says:: Oil of Lavender / PEOPLES DRUG STORE / OPP. HOTEL BELMONT / ABINGDON, VIRGINIA |
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This postcard is postmarked 1941, and it depicts the Peoples drug store in Abingdon VA.
On the bottom it says: Peoples Drug Company, Abingdon, Virginia |
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Arlington VA | ||
See Arlington VA Peoples Drug Stores | ||
Barboursville VA | ||
This is a metal token. It says: front: PEOPLES / STORE / BARBOURSVILLE, VA. rear: GOOD FOR / $100 / IN / MERCHANDISE / NOT TRANSFERABLE |
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Edinburg VA | ||
This is a clear 5.5" bottle with label that says:: ESS. OF LEMON / Absolute ALCOHOL 88.7% by volume / ... PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE / "CEASELESS TOILER AFTER TRADE " / FRANK C. DINGES, PROP. EDINBRG, VIRGINIA |
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This is a clear 4.3" screw-top bottle with label that says:: PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE / FRANK C. DINGES, PROP. / EDINBRG, VIRGINIA ... |
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This is a clear 6.3" screw-top bottle with label that says: PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE / ... 11/7/51 ... / FRANK C. DINGES, PROP. EDINBRG, VIRGINIA |
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Fredericksburg VA | ||
This is an unused postcard that depicts the Peoples Drug store on Caroline Street in Fredericksburg, VA. | ||
Lynchburg VA | ||
This is a green, 3.3" machine-made screw-top bottle with label from 1958 that says: label: PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / 824-826 Main St., Tel. 2??51 Lynchburg, Va. / ... 2-27-58 |
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Newport news VA | ||
This is an unused postcard that depicts the Peoples Drug store on Washington Avenue in Newport News, VA (2nd store on the left). It appears to be circa the 1950s. | ||
Norfolk VA | ||
This is an amber, 3.5" (1-ounce) machine-made screw-top bottle with label: label: FLUID EXTRACT ERGOT / Distributed by / PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / 301 Granby Street, Norfolk, Va. |
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Richmond VA | ||
This is cardboard pill box with a label from 1958: label: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / A. O. MCCALLEY, PROPRIETOR / 4916 GOVERNMENT ROAD, RICHMOND, VA. / REG.No.479 ... 12-9-58 |
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Roanoke VA | ||
This is an amber 3.8" screw-top bottle with label: label: PEOPLES DRUG STORES / 601 South Jefferson St. Roanoke, Va. / ... Dr. Boyd ... / 9/11/57 |
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This is an amber 2.5" screw-top bottle with label: label: PEOPLES DRUG STORES / 601 South Jefferson St. Roanoke, Va. / ... Dr. Boyd ... / 8/3/54 |
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This is cardboard box with a label from 1945 that says: label: PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / 31 Campbell Ave West, Roanoke, Va. / ... Dr. Geo Hurt ... / ?/19/45 |
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Staunton VA | ||
Green 3.3" screw-top bottle with label: label: PEOPLES SERVICE DRUG STORES / 105 West Beverly St., Staunton, Va. / ... 3-10-59 |
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Strasburg VA | ||
This is a clear 2.8" bottle embossed: vertical: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / OUR MOTTO IS PURITY / STRASBURG VA |
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This is a clear 4.5" bottle embossed: vertical: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / OUR MOTTO IS PURITY / STRASBURG VA |
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This is a clear 3.9" bottle with white pyroglaze: vertical pyroglaze: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / THE Rexall STORE / STRASBURG, VA |
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This is a cobalt blue (machine-made) bottle with a label. I've shown left/front/right
views in the photo to show the entire label, which says: label: PEOPLES DRUG STORE / PHONE 29 STRASBURG VA REG. No. 3925 / Dr. Winkfield / Billie Ritenour / 4 drops (warm) in left / ear three times a day / 7/7/51 |
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This is a clear 2.7" screw-top deco-style bottle with a label that says: label: OIL OF CLOVES / PEOPLES DRUG STORE / J.H. SULLENDER REG. No. 3925 / PHONE HObart 5-5193 STRASBURG, VA. |
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Tappahannock VA | ||
This is a clear 9.5" bottle with a label: label: MINERAL OIL / DOSE: ... / Distributed by / PEOPLES DRUG STORE / PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS/ TAPPAHANNOCK, VA. |
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Winchester VA | ||
This is a clear 5.0" bottle embossed: vertical: THE PEOPLES DRUG CO / INCORPERATED / PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS/ WINCHESTER, VA. |
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These are clear bottles, 9", 6", and 5.25" tall, embossed: vertical: THE PEOPLES DRUG CO / INCORPERATED / PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS/ WINCHESTER, VA. |
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This is a cardboard fan on a wooden stick, from the Winchester Peoples Drug store.
It says: front: ... / The People's Drug Co., Inc. / Phones 2 and 428 / 9 N. Main St. Winchester, Va. / ... rear: (various advertisements) |