W.W. Robertson


Company Names, addresses, dates:
   W.W. Robertson, Emporia VA (1897-1950) 1

Notes:
William Waller Robertson (1873-1956)2 was nicknamed "Mr. Billy", and ran his drug store from 1897-1950. In 1951, it was purchased by Sam and Jack Jones, and became the Emporia Drug Co.1

Robertson used to make a "hawk medicine", whereby he put strychnine in chicken feed, which didn't hurt the chickens, but would would cause any hawk who ate one of the chickens to die. 1


Bottles:

robertson_01 This is a clear 2.8" (1/2 ounce) mouth-blown bottle embossed:
vertical: W.W. ROBERTSON / EMPORIA, VIRGINIA
left side: (ounce gradations)
right side: (CC gradations)


1 Richmond Times Dispatch, 04-Nov-1963, page 26 (Emporia Drug Store - Then and Now)
2 Find-a-grave for William Waller Robertson


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