E. Baker & Co


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  E. Baker & Co, Mathews Court House, VA (ca.1906-1917) 1,2

Notes:
Elijah Baker Jr. (1873-1917)3 had a drugstore at Mathews Courthouse.

It appears he lived in Richmond, and traveled back and forth between there and Mathews Courthouse. 4

Bottles:
baker_01 This is a clear 4.6" bottle embossed:
horizontal on neck: II
vertical slug plate: E. BAKER & CO / DRUGGISTS / MATHEWS C.H., VA.
base: B R G Co.


1 Various Virginia Drugstore directories described here, years: 1851,69,70,71,73,88,98,1905,06,08,10-13,16,17,19-21,24,27,35,38
2 Mathews Journal, 22-Nov-1906, p.2 (earliest newspaper mention of "E. Baker & Co" I could find)
3 Find-a-grave entry for Elijah Baker
4 The TImes Dispatch (Richmond), 13-Jul-1913, p.9 (Article: Trip Through Eastern Shore)


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