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David Bain, Apothecary & Druggist, Billhead & Warrant (113361)

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David Bain, Apothecary & Druggist, Billhead & Warrant  (113361)
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Lot of 2. 1) Billhead for David Bain, Druggist and Apothecary. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Etc. Dateline Carson, Nevada March 21st, 1882. Billed to the Virginia & Truckee (V& T) Shops for a purchase of glycerin. Attached to Virginia & Truckee Railroad voucher. Signed by Bain. Fold, creases. 2) State Controllers Warrant issued in 1881 to David Bain for $10 for drugs. Signed on reverse by Bain. David Bain was brought to Carson City as a very young child when his family emigrated from Canada. After educating himself in Toronto, Bain returned to Nevada and opened the North End Drug Store in 1880 at the young age of 22. The store was located opposite the V& T passenger depot and close to the V& T machine shops. Bain gambled that this was a good location and that the railroad would provide him a lot of business (see the billhead in this lot). He only operated his Carson City store for a few years since by April 1883, he was working at the City Drug Store in Eureka. [For more info and to see the Bain bottle, see Volume Two of the Nevada Bottle Book]

Date: 1881-1882
Country if not USA:
State: Nevada
City: Carson City
Provenance: Fred Holabird Collection