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This is a clear 8.6" mouth-blown bottle embossed: vertical: THE / J. R. LUPTON DRUG CO. / HARRISONBURG, VA. |
J.R. Lupton Drug Co
Company Names, addresses, dates:
J.R. Lupton Drug Co, Harrisonburg VA (ca.1906-1909) 1,2
Notes:
James Robert Lupton (1854-1941)3 ran a drug store business
in Harrisonburg VA.4
There are newspaper mentions of a "Chapman & Lupton's drug store" in Luray VA
in 1896/1897, but I don't know if this James R. Lupton was the partner in that store,
or if that store was just co-owned by someone with the same last name.5
The earliest mention I found of the J.R. Lupton Drug Company in Harrisonburg
was a newspaper mention in 1906.1
His drug company didn't last long, as in March of 1909, he sold his store and
all it's stock to Jacob W. and C.B. Williamson, who continued to operate the
store under the name
Williamsons.
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In 1910, Lupton purchased the Massanetta Springs Summer Resort, and in later years
he became the largest stockholder in the First National Bank of Harrisonburg.4
Bottles:
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This is a clear 8.6" mouth-blown bottle embossed: vertical: THE / J. R. LUPTON DRUG CO. / HARRISONBURG, VA. |
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This postcard is postmarked 31-Aug-1910. Depicted on the right side of the street, below the sign that says "POOL ROOM", is a sign that says "THE J. R. LUPTON DRUG CO". |