A man sitting on a rail outside The Big 4 Drug Store, located on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Temple Street, in Hinton, W. Va. A membership card identifies B. O. Pettrie, Jr. as President of The Rail Club.
Two men sitting on a rail outside The Big 4 Drug Store, located on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Temple Street, in Hinton, W. Va. A membership card identifies K. D. Foster, on the right, as the Vice President of The Rail Club.
World War I Victory Parade Float Advertising Rose's Drug Store, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1919
Description:
A float shaped as an artillery tank makes its way down Temple Street while young boys dressed as sailors carry American flags and signs for the drugstore.
Rose'e Drug Store Seventh Anniversary Postcard, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Ballengee, the card reads, "This is our seventh anniversary and we wish to thank you for your patronage and your hearty appreciation of our efforts. Your patronage has helped us to grow and has enabled us to put forth greater efforts to satisfy you with the best of drug store goods at all times at the lowest possible price. We take pleasure in serving you and whether your wants be large or small you always receive the utmost courtesy and attention. Remember our store is always at your service in every way and every time. Yours very truly, Rose's Drug Store."Following the message, Shan Rose has personally signed the postcard.
A crowd gathers on 2nd Avenue between Temple and Ballengee Streets in the Hinton National Historic District to witness the results of the Pucket Drug Store raffle that will give an automobile to the winner. An unidentified woman and young boy hold up their tickets.
A crowd gathers on 2nd Avenue in the Hinton National Historic District. The winner of the drawing is given an automobile as a prize from Pucket's Drug Store. Nu-Way Cleaners and McCreery Hotel pictured in the background.
Picture of one of Hinton's early drug stores. It was located next to the First National Bank on 3rd Ave. Wade H. Gwinn, one of the store's operators, is the gentleman leaning against the post on the left. This three-story brick building housed apartments on the upper floors.