With a quick Google search, looks like it was about 1988 when Read's was bought out by Rite Aid.   K. ---------------------- Message: 7 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:50:18 -0400 From: "John Siemon" <baltohist7@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] Read Drug and Chemical Co. of MD To: <md-baltimorecity@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4E949CDFB75343EEB91209ED185A7FB8@JohnPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I believe you are looking at old listings on web sites (found by Google) that try to market by listing companies.  They update their listings about once every ten years and are very misleading.  I found several listing Read Drug and Chemical Co. at 6317 York Road, with a phone number of 410-828-9759.  That's in the Drumcastle Shopping Center, just south of Towson. There used to be a Reads Drug store there but it's been gone for at least 5 years, possibly 10. That phone number is not in service.  The Yellow Pages has no listing for Reads. -----Original Message----- From: md-baltimorecity-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:md-baltimorecity-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marge Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 7:06 PM To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com; md-baltimorecity@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] Read Drug and Chemical Co. of MD That is true but there was a Reads Drug and Chemical Co. It is still in service today. If you google you can find the location. I forgot but I think it is on the outskirts of Baltimore. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the MD-BALTIMORECITY list administrator, send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the MD-BALTIMORECITY mailing list, send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MD-BALTIMORECITY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 204 ************************************************