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He also started Sergeants pet care products by selling remedies he originally
made for his dog named Sergeant.1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:
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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
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Clear 3.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: POLK MILLER & CO / APOTHECARIES / RICHMOND VA
base: PAT JAN / 22 78
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Aqua 7.9" bottle embossed:
vertical: POLK MILLER & CO / DRUGGISTS / RICHMOND VA
base: B
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Aqua 4.5" bottle embossed:
horizontal inside fancy sign: POLK MILLER
inside circle with mortar & pestle in center: DRUG COMPANY / RICHMOND, VA.
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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
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Clear 4.7" bottle embossed:
horizontal: 3 iii
vertical: Polk Miller's / THE Rexall STORE / RICHMOND, VA.
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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
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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.
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1 Wikipedia entry for "Polk Miller"
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This page last updated on May 1, 2016.