Georgetown's Retail Past
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
9781493093625 (ISBN)
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Georgetown’s Retail Past is a history of retail stores in Washington, DC's Georgetown neighborhood, from the town’s eighteenth-century founding as a tobacco port through its evolution after it became part of the city of Washington and into the 1980s. That history reflects and illustrates trends in the economy generally and in retailing specifically, such as the transition from horse-drawn to automobile transportation, the advent and growth of home appliances, the decline of the barber shop and changes in the structures of the grocery and laundry businesses. The book is organized into chapters by store type: groceries, clothing, jewelry, shoes, bowling alleys, barber shops, hardware, antiques, bars, restaurants, and more. Each chapter contains short histories of several businesses and their owners, from various time periods. There are 150 such historical sketches, ranging in length from a paragraph to several pages. Many of the neighborhood stores were started by immigrants and some immigrant families owned multiple stores over multiple generations; their entrepreneurial spirit is apparent throughout. Illustrated with 130 B&W images, including historic and current photographs, maps, and store advertisements.
Ken Peters is a retired real estate lawyer who came to Washington in 1971 to go to law school, fell in love with the city, and never left. This is the first book to result from his lifelong interest in the history of Washington. Ken and his wife Ann Marie live in Georgetown.
Introduction
A Brief History of Georgetown
Farm Supply and Feed Stores
The Horse-Based Economy
Horses Exit, Cars Arrive
Clothing Stores: From Immigrant Families to Boutiques
Shoe Stores and Shoe Repair
Barber Shops and Hair Salons
Jewelers
Laundries: The Evolution of Cleaning Clothes
Grocery Stores: Corner Store to Supermarket
Drugstores
Candy Stores, Ice Cream Shops and a Factory
Tobacco Shops
Florists
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores
Antique Dealers
Hardware Stores
Paint and Glass Stores
Appliance Stores: Keeping Up With Innovations
Staying Overnight: Early Taverns to Hotels
Restaurants
Prohibition In Georgetown
Bars And Bar Wars
Movie Theaters
Bowling Alleys and Pool Halls
Bicycle Shops
Book Stores and Record Stores
Toy Stores
Sporting Goods Stores
Georgetown’s Own Banks
Herring Hill Neighborhood Shops
Changes in the 1980s: Georgetown Park and New Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Bibliography
Notes
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 130 BW Photos, 9 Tables |
| Verlagsort | Old Saybrook |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 712 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781493093625 / 9781493093625 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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