Dr. N. Wayt
Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Dr N. Wayt & Bro, 16 W Main St., Staunton VA (18??-1904)
Notes:
Dr. N. Wayt & Bro refers to Doctor Newton Wayt and his brother J. Howard Wayt1.
Newton Wayt was born 21-Aug-1837 in Wayhesboro VA, and died 18-Sep-1904 at age 672.
He was an assistant Surgeon in the 22nd Regiment Virginia Cavalry in the civil war3.
Advertisements for the Dr. N. Wayt & Bro drugstore appear in Mary Baldwin College yearbooks
between 1892 and 1901. They list the address as 16 W Main Street. I beleive Main Street is
now called Beverly Street. Dr N. Wayt was listed as a druggist and physician living in Staunton
in the 1870 census, so his store may have been around that early. He was described as 5'8" tall
with grey hair in his 1890 application for a passport. A 1904 city directory listed the
drugstore (still called Dr N. Wayt & Bro, even though his brother died in 1901), so apparently
Dr Wayt stayed in business up until the year he died. That directory entry lists
William C. Marshall as the manager of the drugstore.
Bottles:
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Blue 3.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON, VA.
base: PAT JUN / 17 88
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Left bottle is clear and 3.5" , right bottle is aqua and 2.8". Both bottles are embossed:
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON, VA.
base (left bottle): PAT JUN 17 88 / S B
base (right bottle): PAT JUNE / 17 88
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The monster bottle on the left is 8.75" tall, and the tiny bottle on the right is 2.9" tall.
They are both clear glass, embossed:
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / PHARMACISTS / STAUNTON, VA.
base: WT&CO / B / USA
I don't know why these bottles say "PHARMACISTS" and the others all say "DRUGGISTS".
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Clear 3.4" bottle embossed:
horizontal: DR N. WAYT & BRO / (picture of mortar & pestle with the word "DRUGGISTS") / STAUNTON / VA.
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Clear 3.7" bottle embossed:
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON, VA.
base: PAT DEC 13 87
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These are clear bottles. Left is 5.25" and right is 4.5" tall. Both are embossed:
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON, VA.
base (left bottle): PAT'D JUNE 4 89 / BB & CO
base (right bottle): B
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Clear 5.0" bottle embossed:
horizontal: DR N. WAYT & BRO / ("W&B" in mirror) /
DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON / VA.
I'm guessing the round object with a handle is a ladies mirror. It could also
be a fan, or even a fancy magnifying glass.
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Clear 3.5" bottle embossed:
horizontal: ("NW&B" monogram)
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON VA.
base: W T & CO / A
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Clear 4.1" bottle embossed:
horizontal: ("NW&B" monogram)
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON VA.
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These clear bottles are embossed with a logo that is very similar to the one on
the two bottles above, except it doesn't have an "N". I'm listing them here because
I suspect they are from Wayt & Brother, but that is uncertain.
They are 4.8" & 3.9" tall, embossed:
horizontal: ("W&B" monogram)
base: B W
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This bottle has a different style of "W&B" monogram from the bottles above, as the W & B are not
on top of each other. This bottle also has a partial label.
It is a clear 6.5" tall bottle (front & rear views shown), embossed:
horizontal: W&B (in a circle)
vertical: DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON VA.
base: B B & CO / PATD
label: No___ Dr.___ / Directions___ / (logo of vessel hanging from mortar & pestle with NW&B monogram) /
FROM Dr N WAYT & BRO / Druggists / No 16 West Main Street / STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
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Aqua 5.5" (broken) bottle embossed:
horizontal: WAYT'S / COUGH BALSAM / DR N. WAYT & BRO / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON / VA.
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Other items:
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This is the building at 16 W. Beverly Street (formerly Main Street), the site of Dr. N Wayt's
drug store. The building looks pretty old, so it might be the original building that housed
the drug store. Photo was taken April 2012.
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1 The Pharmaceutical Era weekly, 21-Feb-1901
2 Find-a-grave index for Dr. Newton Wayt
3 National Park Service US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865 online (from ancestry.com)
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