Wm. P. Poythress & Co


Company Names, addresses, dates:1
  Wm. P. Poythress & Co, 117 E Main St., Richmond VA (1892-1894)
  Wm. P. Poythress & Co, 919 E Main St., Richmond VA (1893-1917)
  Wm. P. Poythress & Co, 119 E Main St., Richmond VA (1893-1899)
  Wm. P. Poythress & Co, 503 E Franklin St., Richmond VA (1919-1930)
  Wm. P. Poythress & Co, Professional Building, Richmond VA

Notes:
According to some of the artifacts below, Wm. P. Poythress & Co. were the successors to the Meade & Baker drug store, which was at 919 E. Main Street.
One of the artifacts is a receipt from 1895 that lists the name of the drugstore as:
    "Meade & Baker Pharmacy (W.P. POYTHRESS & CO., Proprietors)".
My guess is that Poythress was slow to migrate the name of the pharmacy from "Meade & Baker" to "W.P. Poythress & Co" for some reason.

A bottle I saw on eBay had a label for "Van Pelt & Brown, Inc." with the address as "the Professional Building", and it said they were the "successors to Wm. P. Poythress & Co.", The label had a date of 7-22-1932, so apparently the Poythress drugstore had ended by that date.

(more information will be added when I get around to researching this druggist)

Bottles:
poythress_01 This is a clear 4.2" bottle embossed:
horizontal: WM.P.POYTHRESS & CO / PHARMACISTS / (M&P) / RICHMOND / VA
base: *** / A / PAT DEC 11 1894
poythress_02 This is a clear 4.2" bottle embossed:
vertical: WM. P. POYTHRESS & CO / PHARMACISTS / 919 EAST MAIN STREET / RICHMOND, VA
base: WT&CO / USA / PAT ?? 1894
poythress_06 This is a clear 4.8" bottle embossed:
vertical: WM. P. POYTHRESS & CO / PHARMACISTS / RICHMOND, VA.
poythress_04 This is a clear 5.2" bottle embossed:
vertical: WM. P. POYTHRESS & CO / PROFESSIONAL BUILDING / RICHMOND
horizontal on back in an oval: POYTHRESS
poythress_05 This is a clear 5.25" bottle embossed:
vertical: PHARMACISTS / Poythress & Co / RICHMOND, VA.
poythress_03 This is a clear 3.1" bottle embossed:
vertical: POYTHRESS (in a circle with '1856' in the center)



Other Items:
poythress_07 This is a 3.5" by 6" cardboard advertising card. It has a picture of a couple ice-scating, wearing colonial period clothing, with a caption that says "COLONIAL DAYS - Ferris". Printed on the card is:
card: CAPSULES S.G. & S. CO. / ... Retail 40 for 75c. / Advertised only to Physicians. / WM. P. POYTHRESS & CO., / Successors to MEADE & BAKER, / 919 East Main Street, / RICHMOND, VA.
base: *** / A / PAT DEC 11 1894
baker_13 This is a Poythress / Meade&Baker receipt from 1895. It says:
Top left: DEALERS IN MEAD & BAKER'S CARBOLIC MOUTH WASH ...
Top middle/right: Richmond, Va., Sept 1895 / BOUGHT OF Meade & Baker Pharmacy / (W. P. POYTHRESS & CO., Proprietors) / SUCESSORS TO T. ROBERTS BAKER, No. 919 E. MAIN STREET
Body: ... / Paid 9/16/95 / W.P. Poythress & Co / Store


1 Book: "Bottled in Richmond 1811-1930", by Vernon Grant


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