Sign in Hernando, Mississippi: “Old Rye” For Medicinal Use

Old-Rye-e1386103297714-225x300By: Tom Freeland, HottyToddy.com, Blogger

Yes, I know it’s a label, not a sign. This was how your whiskey, bought from your friendly pharmacist, would have been labeled during prohibition. James S. Robinson was one of the first pharmacists in Memphis, with a business at 2nd and Madison in what is now the Apothecary Building.

Read more blog posts by Tom Freeland at his NMissCommentor blog page.

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