Polk Miller & Co


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Polk Miller & Co, 5th & Marshall Sts., Richmond VA (1871-1872)
  Polk Miller & Co, 900 E Main St., Richmond VA (1875-1901)
  Polk Miller Drug Co, 834 E Main St., Richmond VA (1902-1924)
  Polk Miller Drug Co, 101 E Broad St., Richmond VA (1917)
  Polk Miller Drug Co, 5 Governor St., Richmond VA (1920)
  Polk Miller Drug Co, 1306 E Main St., Richmond VA (1924-1926)
  Polk Miller Drug Co, 1322-24 W Broad St., Richmond VA (1927-1930)
  Polk Miller Products Corp, 1324 W. Broad St., Richmond VA
  Polk Miller's The Rexall Store, Richmond VA

Notes:
According to Wikipedia, Polk Miller was both a pharmacist and a musician. He also started Sergeants pet care products by selling remedies he originally made for his dog named Sergeant.1
Apparently this drug store eventually became part of the Rexall chain of drug stores .


Bottles:

polk_01 Clear 4.0" bottle embossed:
horizontal: (PM&CO on Mortar & Pestle logo)
vertical: POLK MILLER & CO / APOTHECARIES / RICHMOND VA
base: PAT JAN / 22 78 / H-USA
polk_05 Clear 3.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: POLK MILLER & CO / APOTHECARIES / RICHMOND VA
base: PAT JAN / 22 78
polk_02 Aqua 7.9" bottle embossed:
vertical: POLK MILLER & CO / DRUGGISTS / RICHMOND VA
base: B
polk_03 Aqua 4.5" bottle embossed:
horizontal inside fancy sign: POLK MILLER
inside circle with mortar & pestle in center: DRUG COMPANY / RICHMOND, VA.
polk_06 Clear 3.7" bottle embossed:
horizontal inside fancy sign: POLK MILLER
inside circle with mortar & pestle in center: DRUG COMPANY / RICHMOND, VA.
base: PATD JUNE 4 89 / B & B CO
polk_04 Clear 4.7" bottle embossed:
horizontal: 3 iii
vertical: Polk Miller's / THE Rexall STORE / RICHMOND, VA.



Other Items:
This is a booklet that Polk Miller published about dogs. The front says:
REPRODUCTION FROM PAINTING OF POLK MILLER AND HIS DOG "SERGEANT"
POLK MILLER'S DOG BOOK
polk_07
This is a 3.75"x2.5"x1.5" cardboard box, containing a dozen cylindrical wooden boxes, containing Polk Miller's 10 cent Liver Pills. It says:
cardboard box label: ONE DOZEN BOXES / POLK MILLER'S / 10c / LIVER PILLS / UNEXCELLED FOR THE RELIEF OF / CONSTIPATION, TORPID LIVER, INDIGESTION, SICK HEADACH, &c. / Polk Miller Drug Co., Richmond, Va.
wooden box labels: POLK MILLER'S / 10c / LIVER PILLS / DOSE: Two at / bed-time. / RICHMOND, VA.
polk_08


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