Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people .. Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . nsard style, with hand-some lintels and cappings. The entire tout ensemble of the building is very attrac-tive, and reflects much credit upon the architect who designed it. In the basementis the wholesale department where the goods are sold and packed ready for ship-ment. Upon the first floor is the department for the sale of silks, satins, dressgoods, hosiery, gloves, and fancy goods. Upon the second floor, w
Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people .. Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . nsard style, with hand-some lintels and cappings. The entire tout ensemble of the building is very attrac-tive, and reflects much credit upon the architect who designed it. In the basementis the wholesale department where the goods are sold and packed ready for ship-ment. Upon the first floor is the department for the sale of silks, satins, dressgoods, hosiery, gloves, and fancy goods. Upon the second floor, which is hand-somely furnished, is the department for the sale of cloaks, shawls, ready madedresses, under-garments, and mourning goods. Third floor, cloths, cassimeres, flan-nels, curtain laces, blankets, &c. The fourth floor is the work room. A specialfeature about this extensive establishment is the perfect lighting and ventilation, be-side the perfect mode of transit from one floor to another by a large Otis idea of the vast business transacted may be learned when it is said that theLansburgh Brothers employ one hundred and fifty people in the various depart-. WASHINGTON CITY. 69 merits. The amount of stock carried isvery large, and the average of sales perannum is between $750,000 and $800, firm claim to have the largest assort-ment of silks, satins, dress goods, and cash-meres south of Philadelphia, most of whichthey import direct, including their finestlinens. They are both very accommodat-ing and obliging gentlemen and representthe leading and more successful class ofmerchants in the District of Columbia. DODGE & SON, Attorneys and Solicitors of Patents, Ninth Street, Corner of G. This firm consists of W. C. and W. The business was established bythe senior member in 1864 on his resig-nation of the position of examiner in theUnited States Patent Office, which he hadheld for several years. This is one of theoldest and most competent and
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