Bellamy Pharmacy


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  The Bellamy Pharmacy, 4 South King Street, Hampton VA (1912-1920) 1
  The Bellamy Pharmacy, 2 South King Street, Hampton VA (1923-1937) 1
  The Bellamy Pharmacy, 68 West Queen Street, Hampton VA (1937) 2
  The Bellamy Pharmacy, 19 West Queen Street, Hampton VA (1939-1946) 2

Notes:
George Gardner Congdon (1871-1947)3 started the Bellamy Pharmacy in 1912, with A.L.I. Winne as vice-president, and Thomas L. Vaughan as secretary and treasurer.4

Congdon already owned the G.G. Congdon & Co. pharmacy in the same general area of downtown Hampton.
Apparently he chose the name "Bellamy Pharmacy" for his second store because his great-grandmother's name was Bellamy. 1

Congdon sold the store in 1913, but the name "Bellamy Pharmacy" was retained. The new officers were as follows:
    President: M.J. Baptist,
    Vice President and Manager of the store: H. Stanley Wyatt,
    Secretary: William A. Wymouth, and
    Treasurer: Captain Charles H. Hewins.5

The Bellamy Pharmacy moved around, and ended up at 19 West Queen Street until at least 19462.


Bottles:

bellamy_01 This is a clear 5.5" bottle embossed:
vertical slugplate: THE / Bellamy / PHARMACY INC. / HAMPTON, VA.
base: C L G CO / A.



Other Items:
bellamy_02 This is a postcard says "Queen Street looking east, Hampton VA". There is a blue sign on a building to the right that say:
"Rexall / DRUGS / Bellamy Pharmacy".
I believe I can also see a black & red sign that says "L.H.Sclator / DRUGS" on the left side of the street, but it's hard to read that one.


1 Book: Old Bottles of the Virginia Peninsula 1885-1941 by Fred Rawlinson, page 101
2 Hills Newport News (Warwick County) City Directories, 1933,37,39,1941,43,46,49
3 Death Certificate for George Gardner Congdon 15942, b:11-Mar-1871, d:3-Jul-1947 in Elizabeth City
4 Richmond Virginian, 4-Jan-1912, p.3 (announcment of new Belamy Pharmacy Inc)
5 The Southern Pharmaceutical journal, Dallas, Texas, September 1913, Vol. VI, No. 1



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This page last updated on April 25, 2023.