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This is a clear, 4.8" tall bottle embossed: vertical: CENTRAL PHARMACY / W.H. WASHINGTON PROPR / MANCHESTER, VA. base: *** / WT&CO / A USA / PAT DEC 11 94 |
Central Pharmacy
Company Names, addresses, dates:1
Central Pharmacy (W.H. Washington, Prop.), 1201 Hull St., Manchester VA. (1898-1901)1,2
Washington & Early , 1201 Hull St., Richmond VA (1912-1930+)
Washington & Early , (various addresses) Richmond VA (1912-1930+)
Notes:
The bottle below lists "W. H. Washington" as the proprietor.
Apparently this refers to
Walker Hawes Washington (1869-1923)3,
who was also an owner of the
Washington & Early
drug store.
The only evidence I could find that he was the proprietor of the Central
Pharmacy in Manchester, is in Vernon Grant's book1, where
it lists "W.H. WASHINGTON Central Pharmacy" as a drugstore
from 1898-1899.
I searched the Richmond City directories, and in 1898,1899, and 1900 I found
"W.H. Washington" listed as a druggist at 1201 Hull Street, but I did not see
the name "Central Pharmacy" associated with that, or anywhere else in the
directories for those years.
Another Drugstore called "Central Pharmacy":
Central Pharmacy, 1024 N. 1st St., Richmond VA (1913-1916)
There was another drugstore named "Central Pharmacy" in Richmond VA,
but it was not in the Manchester section of Richmond, so I assume it's got
nothing to do with the bottle below.
But since I researched it a bit, here is some information about it:
The proprietors were:
Allen M. Bowles (1875-1949)3, and
Silas H. Shackelford Sr. (18??-1920)4.
They were both African Americans.
Their drugstore was also referred to as "Bowles & Shackelford", and
continued on until at least 19301.
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This is a clear, 4.8" tall bottle embossed: vertical: CENTRAL PHARMACY / W.H. WASHINGTON PROPR / MANCHESTER, VA. base: *** / WT&CO / A USA / PAT DEC 11 94 |