This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Who's Who and Why 1830s Washington Businesses
A sweeping portrait details long established Washington firms and families. It covers James Davis and associates at 142 Pennsylvania Avenue, John M. Young carriage trade, Oyster family at 9900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mueller and Son confectionery, Graham lithography, Dulin Martin plumbing, Browning Middleton leather and Palm Garden, and numerous others shaping the city’s commerce from mid 19th century onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Oyete Thomes
Young
David Zona
Dex
Suill
America
Metropolitan Hotel
William B
Davis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Samuel T. Davis
James F. Oyster
George M. Oyster
Unil
George M
George M. Jr
James F
Riggs
West Erd
Wirth and
K Streets
Island
Busineas
Sixth Street
Carl Mussler
Mississippi River
Tias George J. Mueller
Wes
Carl Mueller & Son
George J. Mueller
George J. Mueller, Jr
Carl C. Muesler
D Street
Dulin & Martin, Ater
C. 8 Fowler Company
Fowler & Webb
Fowler
Daniel Lannan
F Strent
Supreme Court
Tulz Fa
Mong Place
Tiabarae Ae i Palm Gardens
Camptell
Thirteen Street
United States
Heyes
Thia Convivial Board
Hera
Washenjoye
Allington
New York
Browning & Middletons
Browning & Keating
Browning & Uraus Humay
George
Thomas Parker
Throwing & Epriy
Horatio Browning
Adolphon Middleton
Oratio Browning
C. T. Browning
Aga Alpheus Middleton
Browning