C.H.S. Snead & Co


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  C.H.S. Snead & Co, 518 5th Street, Lynchburg VA (ca.1890-ca.1924)
  Max R. Petzold, 518 5th Street, Lynchburg VA (ca.1926-1936)
  Max R. Petzold, 522 5th Street, Lynchburg VA (1937-1948)

Notes:
Dr. Charles Haddon Spurgeon Snead (1857-1899)2 owned a drug store in Lynchburg.1
He got his start working in a drugstore in Buchanan VA owned by Mr. Couch. He later went to Baltimore and studied Dentistry. He moved to Savannah Georgia for 3 years to practice dentistry, before returning to Buchanan. He moved to Lynchburg sometime around 1885, and eventualy started his drug store business on 5th Street.3
The store was called "C H S Snead & Co". The "& Co" appears to be referring to his partner, A. W. Butler. 1

Snead passed away in 18992.
Max Richard Petzold (1867-1950)4 took over as the manager of the drug store as early as 1900. The name remained "C H S Snead & Co" with Petzold as manager until 1925/26, when was renamed for Max Petzold. Petzold continued as the store owner until 1948. 1

C.H.S. Snead Bottles:
snead_01 This is a clear 4.3" (2 oz) bottle embossed:
horizontal: II
vertical: C.H.S. SNEAD & CO. / PHARMACISTS / LYNCHBURG, VA.
snead_02 This is a clear 5" BIM bottle embossed:
horizontal: C.H.S. SNEAD's / PHARMACY / (mortar & pestle) / 5TH AVE / LYNCHBURG / VA.


Max R. Petzold Bottles:
(I donn't own any bottles from this druggist, but I saw one on eBay - it was unembossed with a label)


1 Lynchburg City Directories for years: 1900,07-10,13-21,23-24,26-40,43,45-46,48-60
2 Find-a-grave entry for Charles Haddon Spurgeon Snead
3 Bedford Democrat, 18-May-1899, page 3 (obituary for Dr. C.H.S. Snead)
4 Find-a-grave entry for Max Richard Petzold


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