Company Names, addresses, dates: ¹
  Bond's Drug Store, corner of Commerce & Main Streets, Fredericksburg VA (1907-1959+)^1,2

Notes:
Dr. William Leroy Bond (1866-1946)³ purchased the Halls Drug Store in 1907².
The Halls drug store was established in 1791, which is why one of the postcards below claims that Bond's was established in 1791, making it the oldest drug store in the US at the time (postmarked 1907).

Bond ran the drugstore until his death in 1946. In subsequent years, the name changed in city directory listings to "Bond Rexall Drugs", so apparently the store continued with the Bond name, and joined the Rexall Chain of drugstores.

I couldn't find any references to the drug store after 1959, but I don't have access to any Fredericksburg city diretories after that time, so I don't know what year the Bond drugstore business ended.


Bottles:

	This is a 5.4" (4 oz) clear bottle embossed: horizontal: 3iv vertical: W.L. BOND / DRUGGIST / FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
	This is a 5" clear unembossed bottle with a label: label: Throat Gargle / 3 Drams Tc. Iron / 3 Ozs. Dobell's Solution / W.L. BOND / DRUGGIST / FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA
	This is a 5" clear unembossed bottle with a label: label: 272551 Jan 20/40 / ... / W.L.BOND, Druggist / FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
	This is a 4.5" clear unembossed bottle with a label: label: 261918 Dec. 18-38 / ... / W.L.BOND, DRUGGIST / FREDERICKSBURG, VA.

	This is a post card, post-marked 1907, depecting W.L. Bond's Drug and Seed Store. The caption on the top says: The Oldest Drug Store in the United States / Established 1791. Fredericksburg, Va.
	This is a photo of the building, taken February 2011. I don't know how much of the original building is still there, but it has the same shape and the same rectagonal chimney in the back.
	I can't make out the post-mark date on this card, but I'd guess it's about 1920. It shows Bond's drug store on the right. The caption at the bottom says: COMMERCE STREET FROM MAIN STREET, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
	This postcard is unsent, so it doesn't have a postmark date. It appears to have some horse-drawn carraiges and no automobiles, so I'd guess it's from about 1910. It shows Bond's drug store on the left, from a different angle than the other postcards. The captions say: top caption: Main Street, Looking north. Fredericksburg, Va. Opera House. bottom caption: PUBL BY / W.L. BOND / Hand-colored.
	This postcard is unsent, so it doesn't have a postmark date. It shows the BOND'S DRUG STORE on the right, from a different angle than the postcards above show it. Based on the cars depicted, I'd guess this is from circa 1920. top caption: Main Street, Fredericksburg, Va. bottom caption: PUBL BY / W.L. BOND / Hand-colored.