Georgetown's Retail Past - Couverture souple

Peters, Kenneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1493093622 ISBN 13 : 9781493093625

Editeur : Lyons Press, 2026

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lyons Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1493093622
• ISBN 13: 9781493093625
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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