Company Names, addresses, dates:¹
  George Dowden, 6th & Broad St., Richmond VA (1856)
  George Dowden, 175 Broad Street Richmond VA (1857-1859)
  George Dowden, 173 Main Street next to American Hotel, Richmond VA (1859)
  George Dowden, 244 Broad Street, Richmond VA (1865)⁸
  George Dowden Dental Fluid, Capitol Corner 11th Street, Richmond VA (1866)⁹

Notes:
George Dowden was born c.1831 in Ireland².
He came to the US in 1856³, and started a drug store in Richmond at 6th and Broad Streets¹. Vernon Grant's book⁴ lists him at 298 Broad Street in 1859, but I found no evidence that he was at that address in that year, so I suspect that's a misprint either in Grant's book, or in the city directory for that year.

Based on the frequency of the advertisements in Richmond newspapers, his biggest seller was "Dowden's Dental Fluid", which was sold by other druggists as well. Dowden claimed his Dental Fluid would relieve toothaches, prevent tartar, restore diseased gums, impart pearly whiteness to teeth, and provide an delightful aromatic fragrance to the mouth & breath⁵. It seems likely that some or all of the bottles shown below held this dental fluid.

Dowden's store at 175 Broad Street was put up for rent in July of 1859⁶. In that same month, advertisements appear for Dowden's drug store at a new address, next to the American Hotel on Main Street⁷.

The last newspaper ad or article I found for Dowden's drug store was in October of 1859. It may be a coincidence, but in that same month and year Dowden put an ad in the paper saying he lost a negotiable note for $210, and offered a reward. Could loosing this note have put him temporarily out of business? Or maybe there weren't newspaper ads/articles in subsequent years due to the Civil War.

On Ancestry.com, a descendent listed the year of Dowden's death as 1863, however Dowden appears in a 1865 tax record at what looks like 244 Broad Street⁸, and also shows up in the 1866 Richmond City Directory at Capitol c. 11th⁹.


Bottles:

(right panel) (right panel)	This is an aqua 4.75" bottle with an applied lip (and a damaged corner that was repaired). It is embossed: left panel: GEORGE DOWDEN / CHEMIST & DRUGGIST right panel: NO 175 BROAD ST. / RICHMOND VA. base: (glass pontil scar)
(right panel) (right panel)	This is an aqua 4.6" bottle with a flaired lip (that is damaged). The bottle is not embossed, it is "debossed", meaning that the letters don't stick out of the glass, they go inward. The debossing says: left panel: GEO. DOWDEN / CHEMIST & DRUGGIST right panel: 175. BROAD. ST. / RICHMOND VA. base: (glass pontil scar)