Branch the Druggist


Company Names, addresses, dates:
   Branch's Pharmacy, 57 Chesterfield Ave., Ettrick VA (ca.1911-1935) 1

Notes:
 John Arthur Branch (1874-1933)2 owned a drugstore in Ettrick VA.
Ettrick is located right next to Petersburg VA.

Branch became a registered pharmacist assistant in 18953.
Branch shows up in Petersburg city directories as a drugstore clerk or pharmacist starting in 1897. The 1901 directory specifies that he was working at the G.V. Fitzgerald drug store.1
The 1911 directory is the first one that lists Branch's Pharmacy. The directories continue to list Branch's Pharmacy until 1935 (2 years after his death)1.


Bottles:

branch_01 This is a clear 3.8" bottle embossed:
vertical: Branch / THE DRUGGIST / ETTRICK, VA.
base: C L G CO


1 Petersburg VA city directories for years: 1888,97,99,1901,03,07,11,13,15,17,18,21,29,35,37,39,43
2 Find-a-grave entry for John Arthur Branch
3 The American druggist & pharmaceutical record, volume 27, 1895 (p. 304)


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This page last updated on November 9, 2022.