Jerome P. Carr


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Jerome P. Carr, 1001 Green Street, Portsmouth VA (1889-1892)
  Jerome P. Carr, 1006 Green Street, Portsmouth VA (1897-1900)
  Jerome P. Carr, Pythian Castle Court cor. County Street, Portsmouth VA (1900)
  Jerome P. Carr, 612 Court Street, Portsmouth VA (1902-1954)
  Jerome P. Carr, Green near Bart St., Portsmouth VA
  Jerome P. Carr, Court & County Sts., Portsmouth VA

Notes:
Jerome Pendleton Carr (1870-1956)2 was a drug store owner in Portsmouth VA.
In the 1888 Portsmouth city directory, he was listed as a clerk at the G.A. Krieger drug store. In the 1889 directory, he had is own drug store. He continued to own a drug store until at least 1954.

The bottles below do not say "Portsmouth" on them, but the name and addresses embossed on the bottles match up with the Portsmouth city directories, as Jerome Carr was at 1001/1006 Green Street (which was near Bart street) and 612 Court Street was on the corner of County Street.


Bottles:

carr_01 This is a clear, 3.8" bottle embossed:
vertical: JEROME P. CARR / PHARMACIST / GREEN NEAR BART ST.
carr_02 This is a clear, 4.3" bottle embossed:
vertical: PHARMACIST / Jerome P. Carr / COURT & COUNTY AND / GREEN NEAR BART ST.
base: W T & CO / * / U S A / PAT JAN 5 1892


1 Portsmouth VA city directories, years 1851,72,74-5,80,82-3,85-6,89,90,92,97,1900,02-4,06,10,13-15,17-20,22,24-5,27,30,47,53,54
2 Virginia death Certificate 2641/5899, Portsmouth VA, for Jerome Carr, died:03-23-1956


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