Kenneth G. Peters

Georgetown's Retail Past

Generations of Shops and Restaurants in One of America's Great Historic Neighborhoods. Sprachen: Englisch. 22,9 cm / 15,2 cm / 2,9 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 426 Seiten
EAN 9781493093625
Veröffentlicht März 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc

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Step back in time and rediscover the bars and restaurants, mom-and-pop shops, and bustling storefronts that shaped historic Georgetown. Georgetown’s Retail Past is a history of retail stores in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, over the decades when the original eighteenth-century tobacco port became a working class neighborhood, later a restored historic enclave, and in the 1980s a retail destination. The history illuminates trends that changed retailing, including the transition from horse-drawn to automobile transportation, the advent and growth of home appliances, the decline of the barbershop, and the evolution of the grocery and laundry businesses. A chapter for each type of store provides sketches of businesses and their owners from various time periods. 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. Georgetown’s Retail Past is illustrated with more than 125 black-and-white images, including historic and current photographs, maps, and store advertisements.

Portrait

Ken Peters is a retired real estate lawyer who came to Washington in 1971 to attend law school. He 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. He lives in Georgetown with his wife Ann Marie.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

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