Record #:

3096

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

In 1905, Lunsford Richardson, a Greensboro druggist, went into business to sell his own medicines. The company became a huge success, and one of the products, Vicks VapoRub, is still famous worldwide after 92 years.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 64 Issue 8, Jan 1997, p12-14, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pharmaceutical industry--Greensboro; Pharmacists--Greensboro; Richardson, Lunsford, 1854-1919

Record #:

10934

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

In 1905, Lunsford Richardson, a Greensboro druggist, went into business to sell his own medicines. He called his company Vick Family Remedies Company; in 1960, the name was changed to Richardson-Merrell, Inc. Under Richardson, and later his son Smith, the company expanded to eleven U.S. and eighteen foreign plants of a $340 million enterprise.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 11, Nov 1969, p156-157, 229, il, por

Subject(s):

Pharmaceutical industry--Greensboro; Richardson, Lunsford, 1854-1919; Richardson, Henry Smith, 1885-1972

Record #:

31127

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Vicks VapoRub was a pioneer in 1894, born and bred in North Carolina and quickly spread across the country and the world. Created in Greensboro, North Carolina by Lunsford Richardson, VapoRub is distributed by the Vick Manufacturing Division of Richardson-Merrell Inc., and has become the world's leading relief of colds. The Vick Manufacturing Division is one of twelve major divisions of the enterprise that focuses on ethical pharmaceutical drugs prescribed by physicians; proprietary drugs as advertised for the public; veterinary drugs for animal health and productivity; and chemicals and plastics packaging.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 20 Issue 6, November 1962, p145, 164, por

Subject(s):

Richardson, Lunsford, 1854-1919; Pharmaceutical industry--Greensboro