Bell's Pharmacy


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Bell's Pharmacy, 539 34th St Corner Granard, Norfolk VA (1920-1922) 1,2
  Bell's Pharmacy, 3500 Colonial Ave, Norfolk VA (1923-1928)

Notes:
Gregory McCaleb Bell Sr (1896-1977)3 was a drug clerk at the Snellings Pharmacy in Norfolk from 1914-1917. From 1918-1919 he was a pharmacist at the Park Place Pharmacy. Then in 1920, he announced the opening of his own drug store, offering "Motor Cycle Delivery" under the name "Bell's Pharmacy".2

His drug store was short lived, as it was no longer listed in Norfolk city directories after 1928. In the subsequent years, Bell was listed in the residential section of the Norfolk city directories as a pharmacist working at the Medical Arts Pharmacy. 1


Bottles:
bell_01 This is a clear 3.6" bottle with a partial label that says:
partial label: BELL'S PHAR... / Cor 27th Street and Colo... / NORFOLK ...


1 Norfolk City directories, 1851,66,70,72,74,75,77,80,82,83,85,86,88,89,91,92,94,95,97-99,1900-10,12-14-16,19,20,22-25,27,28,30,33-35,38-40,49,51-54,60
2 Virginian-Pilot & the Norfolk Landmark, 4-Mar-1920, p.4
3 Virginia Death Certificate 77 008948 for Gregory McCaleb Bell, d:22-Mar-1977


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