Washington & Early


Company Names, addresses, dates:1,2
    (1st store)
  Walker H. Washington, 1201 Hull St., Richmond VA (ca.1898-1900)
  Washington & Early, 1201 Hull St., Richmond VA (1900-1911)
  Washington & Early, 1200 Hull St., Richmond VA (1912-1923)
    (2nd store)
  Washington & Early, 2516 Hull cor Clopton, Richmond VA (1905-1936)
    (3rd store)
  Washington & Early, 3318 Semmes Ave., Richmond VA (1922-ca.1940)

Notes:
 Walker Hawes Washington (1869-1923)3 was listed as a drug clerk working for H.G. Forstmann's drug store in the 1891 Richmond City directory. By 1898, he was listed as a drugstore owner at 1201 Hull Street in the Manchester section of Richmond.2

In 1900, it was announced that he had teamed up with Mr. Everett E. Early (1870-1940)4, with the new name "Washington & Early".5

In 1911, it was announced that they had acquired the Perdue Brothers store at 1200 Hull Street (across from their current store), and that they were moving to that location in October.6

Washington passed away in 19233, which coincides with the last year the original store is listed in the Richmond city directory, but the stores at the other 2 locations continued on, with no name change.1

The last directory entry I could find for Washington & Early at 3318 Semmes Avenue was in 1940. In 1942, there was a drugstore named "Semmes Avenue Pharmacy" at that address.7

Bottles:
washington_03 This is a clear 3.1" bottle embossed:
horizontal: 3iv
vertical: WASHINGTON AND EARLY / TWO STORES / SOUTH RICHMOND VA
base: W T & CO / B / U.S.A.
washington_01 This is a clear 4.1" bottle embossed:
vertical: Washington & Early / TWO STORES / SOUTH RICHMOND VA
base: GLGCO
washington_02 This is a clear 5.7" bottle embossed:
vertical: Washington & Early / TWO STORES / SOUTH RICHMOND VA
base: GLGCO
washington_04 This is a clear 6.5" unembossed BIM bottle with a glass stopper, and a label:
label: SPTS. OF CA?? / DOSE ... / WASHINGTON & EARLY, / DRUGGISTS, / / Hull & 12th Streets, Manchester VA / Hull & Clopton Streets, Swansboro VA
embossed on the base: 120
washington_05 This is a clear 4" unembossed BIM bottle with a glass stopper, and a label:
label: Washington & Early, Druggists / / Hull & 12th Streets, Richmond VA / Hull & Clopton Streets, Richmond VA / ...


1 Book: "Bottled in Richmond 1811-1930", by Vernon Grant
2 City directories for Richmond, including "Manchester" section, various years
3 Find-a-grave entry for Walker Hawes Washington
4 Find-a-grave entry for Everett Eugene Early
5 The Times (Richmond Va), 30-Sep-1900, p.2
6 The Richmond Virginian, 13-May-1911, p.3
7 Richmond Times Dispatch, 01-Jul-1942, p.11 (ad that lists Richmond drug stores)


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