Wallace-McFall


Company Names, addresses, dates:
1   Wallace, E.M., Main Street, Danville VA (1912-ca.1915) 2,3
  Wallace-McFall, Danville VA (1915-ca.1917) 1,3
  Frank McFalls Drug Co, 238 Main Street, Danville VA (ca.1917-ca.1921) 1
  Frank McFalls Drug Co, 328 Main Street, Danville VA (ca.1927-1930) 1
  Frank B. McFall, 328 Main Street, Danville VA (1931-ca.1941) 1


Notes:
Emmett Mason Wallace (1882-1961)4 was listed as a clerk at the Post Office Drug Store in Charlottesville VA in an 1892 Charlottesville city directory.
He became a registered pharmacist in 19125, and later that year he had his own pharmacy2.

In 1915, he teamed up with Frank Bell McFall Sr. (1880-1960)6 to form the "Wallace-McFall" drug company.3

I don't know what happened to Mr Wallace, but starting in 1917, Frank McFall shows up in Danville city directories as the sole owner of the drug store.
Starting in the 1927 directory, his store had moved to 328 Main Street, where it continued to operate until sometime between 1941 and 1943. His son, Frank B. McFall Jr. was listed as a clerk in his drug store during some of those years. In the 1950s, Frank Sr. was listed as a Pharmacist at Leas Drug Store in Danville.

I have not found any evidence that Frank McFall was related to J.C. McFall, who was also a Danville druggist.

More information about Danville drug stores is available at rdricketts blog.

Bottles:
wallace_01 This is a clear 6.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: DRUGGISTS / Wallace - McFall / Co. Inc. / DANVILLE, VA.
base: C L G CO / 5



Other Items:
wallace_02 This postcard shows a drugstore on the left side, and the sign appears to say "E. M. WALLACE" above the word "DRUGS", so I assume it's Wallaces drug store.
At the bottom it says: "57. MAIN STREET, BY NIGHT, DANVILLE, VA.
mcfall_02 This postcard is postmarked 1933, and it shows a building on the right side of the street that has a sign that says: "FRANK McFALLS / DRUG / STORE".
At the bottom it says: "27. MAIN STREET LOOKING WEST, DANVILLE, VA.
mcfall_1925_01 This is a 1925 receipt from Frank McFall's Drug store. It says:
Header: FRANK McFALL'S DRUG STORE / Drugs, Soda, Candy, Toilet Articles, &c. / Danville, Va., Aug 31 1925 / SOLD TO / Mr. J.B. Thornton / Lee St. City / TELEPHONE 24 238 Main Street
Other graphical ads on the receipt include:
WATKINS MULSIFIED COCOANUT OIL SHAMPOO, Dr. HARRIS PRESCRIPTION, Richard Hudnut NEW YORK TOILET WATER, Nadinola, PALMOLIVE
mcfall_1923_01 This is a 1923 receipt from Frank McFall's Drug store. It says:
Header: Danville, Va., May 30 1923 / M J.B. Thornton / Bought of Frank McFall's Drug Store / Drugs, Soda, Candy, Toilet Articles / 238 Main Street

1 City directories for Danville VA, years: 1881,1892,1902,04,06,08,17,21,27,29,30,31,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,50,52,54,55,58,60
2 Baptist Union, 1-Aug-1912, p.7 (earliest ad I found for "E.M. Wallace" at Danville)
3 Richmond Virginian, 25-Jun-1915, p.6 (Wallace-McFall Co has been incorporated)
4 Ancestry.com entry for Emmett Mason Wallace
5 Times Dispatch (Richmond), 18-Jan-1912, p.10 ("Pharmacists Named")
6Find-a-grave entry for Frank Bell McFall


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