The Corner Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Corner Drug Store, 418 N Sycamore (1920-1924)
  Corner Drug Store, 254 N Sycamore cor Bank (1927-1950)
  Magee's Corner Drug Store, 254 N Sycamore (1952-1965) 1,2

Notes:
The Corner Drug Store first shows up in Petersburg city directories in 1920. The address, 418 N Sycamore Street, was the address of the Richard R. Totty drug store in the 1918 directory. That address was on the corner of Sycamore and Old Streets. 1
Starting with the 1927 directory the store is listed at 254 Sycamore Street, which was on the corner of Sycamore and Bank Street. 1

I could not find information about who originally owned the drugstore, but in 1934, and ad for the store said it was part of "Southworth's Drug Stores", along with Bank's Drug Store.3

Starting about 1942 James Thomas Magee (1912-1963)4 was listed as the proprietor of the Corner Drug Store.5
Starting in 1952, the city directories started referring to the store as "Magee's Corner Drug Store".1

I don't have access to any Petersburg city directories after 1959, but the last newspaper reference to the store that I found was from 1965, when it was announced that the Blackwell Smith drug store had acquired Magee's Corner Drug Store.6

Bottles:
corner_01 This is a clear 4.0" bottle embossed:
vertical: THE CORNER DRUG STORE / IN BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH / PETERSBURG, VA.
base: C.L.G.CO.


Other Items:
corner_02 corner_03 These are photos of the Corner Drug Store from the Library of Congress. Dates of the photos were not given.


1 Petersburg VA city directories for years: 1866,70,72,76-77,79,82,86,88,91,93,95,97,99,1901,03,05,07,09,11,13,15,17-18,20-22,24,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,48,50,52,54-55,57,59
2 Southside Virginia News, 25-Nov-1965, p.2 (Announcement about Magee's Corner Drug aquisition)
3 Southside Virginia News, 26-Apr-1934, p.20 (Ad for Southworth's Drug Stores)
4 Find-a-grave entry for James Thomas Magee
5 Southside Virginia News, 16-Apr-1942, p.16 (Ad for Corner Drug Store)
6 Southside Virginia News, 25-Nov-1965, p.2 (Blackwell Smith announcement)


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