Local Advertising
Early 19th-Century
Examples of local advertising gives a sense of the fairly wide range of goods and services available. Danville would have seemed quite cosmopolitan to many of the rural families migrating to mill work in the city. (all ads transcribed from Milloway 1926)
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DRINK
COCA-COLA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY |
WHEN IN DANVILLE TRADE
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BLANKENSHIP’S PHARMACY 125 North Union Street Phone No. 2 WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS |
PARRISH POWERS
The prescription of a Famous Virginian Physician for GAS, Indigestion, SOUR BELCH, HEARTBURN, Constipation, and Many Forms of Stomach Trouble CHATHAM MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Chatham, Virginia |
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PATTERSON DRUG COMPANY
DANVILLE, VIRGINIA |
DR. HARRIS MEDICINE COMPANY
Danville, Virginia DR. HARRIS PRESCRIPTION 27270 TONIC LAXATIVE DIGESTIVE |
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EAT MORE Bread
DAN VALLEY MILLS Danville, Virginia |
