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B.F. Foster Druggist Ephemera (113396)

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B.F. Foster Druggist Ephemera  (113396)
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Lot of 2. 1) Manuscript bill to the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, April 30th, 1876, from B.F. Foster for numerous prescriptions. 11 x 6.25" 2) State Controller's Warrant to BF Foster for $10.90 in drugs. Signed by Foster on the reverse. Benjamin Franklin Foster was the son of Carson City pioneers. By 1870, he owned a grocery business. In 1874, he opened a drug store at 131 Carson Street, moved to 13 South Carson in 1878. He was one of several druggists who supplied drugs to the V. & T. Railroad as well as to the State Prison. In 1881, he sold his business to A. Lernhart, who ran drug stores in Virginia City and Carson City. For more background info, please see Volume Two of the Nevada Bottle Book. (Fred Holabird Collection)

Date: 1876 & 1878
Country if not USA:
State: Nevada
City: Carson City
Provenance: Fred Holabird Collection