Tatem's Pharmacy


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Tatem's Pharmacy, 535 Park Ave, Norfolk VA (1919-1952)
  Tatem's Meadowbrook Pharmacy, 7600 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk VA (ca.1940-1952)
  Tatem's South Norfolk Pharmacy, 1147 Chesapeake Ave, Norfolk VA (ca.1940-ca.1949)
  Tatem's Fairview Pharmacy, 3331 Chesapeake Ave, Norfolk VA (ca.1960)
  Tatem's Pharmacy, 6401 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk VA (1953-ca.1961)4

Notes:
 Eugene Carlisle Tatem (1893-1979)2 owned a drugstore in Norfolk.
He tried to purchase B. Turner's confectionary store when he was 8 years old (in 1901). Ten years later at age 18, he got a loan and with his older brother James Albert Tatem Sr (1889-1971)3, he successfully purchased the confectionary. 4
It was known as the Tatem Brothers Confectionary, and was listed in city directories from 1912-1919 at 534 Park Avenue.

The Tatem's Pharmacy first appears in city directories in 1919, located across the street at 535 Park Avenue. That location was formerly the home of Taylor's Pharmacy. It continued as Tatem's Pharmacy at that address until at least 19521.

Tatem owned as many as 5 drustores at one time, and continued working at them until at least 1961.4

Bottles:
tatem_01 This is a clear 5.5" (3-ounce) mouth-blown bottle, embossed:
shoulder: 3iii
vertical slugplate: Tatem's / PHARMACY / NOFROLK, VA.
base: C L G Co / 2


1 Norfolk City directories, 1900-10,12-16,19,20,22-25,27,28,30,33-35,38-40,49,51-54,60
2 Find-a-grave entry for Eugene Carlisle Tatem
3 Find-a-grave entry for James Albert Tatem Sr
4 Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch / The Portsmouth Star, 26-Jul-1961, p.5, article: "Short Pants No Hinderance"


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