The Sun Drug Co. info request

[Marbleguy]

Does anyone here have ANY information re the history of this company?

 

[RPG]

Does anyone here have ANY information re the history of this company?

Now look, this is your second post about this bottle and you have yet to give us a pic.

We thrive on pictures.

I'll do some looking and let you know what I find. I'm sure you've been looking too so not sure what I might find. Have you tried searching Google Books. It's a great source.

 

[RPG]

Here's a little something.

http://books.google.com/books?id=rx...WNTTLL3DMH78Aa5kYDCBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=
result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=sun%20drug%20co.&f=false

 

[RPG]

Go to Google books. Lots of hits on the Sun Drug Co. Mostly late 1800's, early 1900's. Hope this helps.

 

[RPG]

I can tell you this much, they use vortex service.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt...+co&lr=&cd=19#v=onepage&q=sun drug co&f=false

 

[diggummup]

Founded in 1901 in Los Angeles- http://tinyurl.com/2bh2mso scroll down just a bit it's on the right hand side of the page.

 

[Marbleguy]

Thank you..

My computer's messed up. I can't post pics. Is my priority to solve that problem ASAP. Have spent every day of the last seven years excavating my own sort of personal treasure site here in this vast desert. Temp here tops 130F during August. Been finding everything from 1700s Russian Blue faceted indian trade beads to Barber coins,railroad tokens and 1800s mouth-blow bottles. Found lots of info on the web re the Owl Drug Co. bottle I dug up recently but nada re the Sun Drug Co. bottle. Thank you for your assistance. Now back to relaxing with a cold beer trying not to chock on the smoke from the huge fire near Palmdale,Ca.

 

[RPG]

Re: Thank you..

My computer's messed up. I can't post pics. Is my priority to solve that problem ASAP. Have spent every day of the last seven years excavating my own sort of personal treasure site here in this vast desert. Temp here tops 130F during August. Been finding everything from 1700s Russian Blue faceted indian trade beads to Barber coins,railroad tokens and 1800s mouth-blow bottles. Found lots of info on the web re the Owl Drug Co. bottle I dug up recently but nada re the Sun Drug Co. bottle. Thank you for your assistance. Now back to relaxing with a cold beer trying not to chock on the smoke from the huge fire near Palmdale,Ca.

Take it easy in that heat. That Aug month is coming up fast. I'm enjoying a cold beer now in this cool 90'ish weather we're having.

130F

 

[Marbleguy]

I envey you in Alabama..

Not only does the temp hit 130F where I live in California but the whole state's full of fruitcakes and communists.

 

[RPG]

Re: I envey you in Alabama..

Not only does the temp hit 130F where I live in California but the whole state's full of fruitcakes and communists.

Sorry, it's the only thing I could think of. We don't have a smiley shooting a gun.

 

[diggummup]

Re: I envey you in Alabama..

Not only does the temp hit 130F where I live in California but the whole state's full of fruitcakes and communists.

Sorry, it's the only thing I could think of. We don't have a smiley shooting a gun.

You do now!

 

[Marbleguy]

Dug up a 1920 Long Beach Glass Co. medicine bottle..

I appreciate the help you've given me. The deposit I'm working is a dry stream bed in the Mojave Desert walking distance from Trona,Ca. Trash was dumped there beginning during the late 1870s with the arrival of John Searles. Hence the name Searles Dry Lake. No-one has worked these buried deposits of artifacts because no-one wants to risk death. My doctor in Ridgecrest has told me three years ago I'll die soon from kidney failure so I don't care a flying rat's butt about being fried from the heat. I was supposed to croak several years ago but to my surprise the immense physical effort involved in working the excavations has kept me in numero uno good health. During August the ground composed of sand at the excavation site has turned to sandstone. A 25 lb pick axe only makes sparks. So every day in my left hand I carry a bucket and small digging tools 1/4 mile from my truck to the excavation. And in my right hand I carry a ten gallon container of water. I make a sort of dam where I want to excavate,pour several gallons of water into it then wait 15 minutes. Now the digging is easy and artifacts are removed without breakage. Last week I dug up a Chinese coin circa 1908/1912 from the dynasty of the last emporer of China. Of course I ran out and bought the movie CD immediatly. The child emporer's name was Puye.

 

[halfdime]

I don't know the company history, but I do remember having a Sun Drug store in our local shopping center when I was a kid (60's-70's). Watch out for the snakes; one of my brothers was at Edwards AFB in the '80's and he showed me (deceased) samples of a deadly snake he called Mojave Green.

 

[Marbleguy]

Too hot for snakes..

Summer time in the area surrounding Death Valley means snakes and scorpions go underground during the day. But while digging I have unearthed lots of scorpions and a big packrat. Don't be walking around in the desert at night. That's when the snakes come out to hunt. It's not a good idea to drive in the desert at night,either. That's when drunks and dopers are on the highway.