Shiners drug store
Company Names, addresses, dates:
Shiners drug store, 116 E. Main Street, Front Royal VA, (ca.1940-ca.1960s)
Bailey's Pharmacy, 116 E. Main Street, Front Royal VA (ca.1960s-ca.1970s)
Notes:
Ernest Thompson "Pete" Shiner (1903-1963)1 was the owner
of Shiner's drug store.
He is listed in the 1930 & 1940 census as a pharmacist in Front Royal.
The earliest advertisement I could find for Shiner's drug store was in 19402.
In 1953, Shiner sold his drug store to
William P. Bailey (1922-2002)3
and Eugene V. White. White had worked for
McKim & Huffman
in Luray as well as
Miller's Drug Store
in Winchester. Bailey had worked at
Chancellor's Drug Store
in Charlottesville, as well as
People's Drug Store
in Winchester, VA.
They kept the Shiner name. 4
Sometime after Shiner passed away in 1963, the store name changed to "Bailey's Pharmacy",
which is shown on a labeled bottle below from 1973.
Shiner Bottles:
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Clear 5" screw-top bottle with a label that says:
label: Syr. Cosanyl and / Syr. Hydriodic Acid. / ... /
Shiner's Drug Store / 116 E. MAIN STREET / Specializing in Professional Service /
Phone 447 FRONT ROYAL, VA.
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Amber 2.25" screw-top bottle with a label that says:
label: Shiner's / DRUG STORE / PHONE 447 / ... / 2-13-56 /
116 E. MAIN ST., FRONT ROYAL, VA.
(This bottle is no longer part of my collection - I sold it)
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Clear 2" bottle with a label inside it that says:
label: Shiner's / DRUG STORE / PHONE ME 5 2131 / ... 4-18-63 / 116 E. MAIN ST., FRONT ROYAL, VA.
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Clear 3.2" screw-top bottle with a label that says:
label: TINCT. OF IODINE U.S.P. / ... / SHINER'S DRUG STORE / SPECIALIZING IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE /
Phone-447 116 E. Main St. Front Royal, VA.
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Bailey's Bottles:
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This is from a much later drugstore, Baileys Pharmacy, that was at the same address. The label from 1973 says:
label: BAILEY'S PHARMACY / ... 2-14-73 / 116 E. MAIN ST. FRONT ROYAL, VA. ...
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Related Stuff:
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This is the building at 116 E. Main street (photo taken June 2017). It looks old enough to be the
same building that housed Shiner's drug store.
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This 1944 label came off of a screw-top bottle. It was underneath another label, which is part of the reason
why it is so beat-up looking. It says:
label: Shiner's / DRUG STORE / ... ' Dr. W.E.Lynn / ... 4/29/44 / 116 E. MAIN ST. FRONT ROYAL, VA.
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1 find-a-grave for Ernest Thompson Shiner
2 Warren Sentinel, 15-Aug-1940, page 7 (earliest ad I found for Shiner's Drug Store)
3 find-a-grave for Walter Parkins Bailey
4 Warren Sentinel, 16-Apr-1953, page 6 (article: Shiner's Drug Store Sold)
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This page last updated on January 29, 2023.