M.M. Whitney
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
Whitney & Landers, 576 7th W (1869)
Whitney & Landers, 208 7th (1870-1871)
M.M. Whitney, 208 7th SW (1872-1879)
Notes:
Captain Moses Merrill Whitney (1839-1914)2
was born in New York. He fought in
the Civil War, and figured prominently in the battle of Gettysburg. After the
war he moved to Baltimore, then came to Washington DC in 1868 and started his
mineral water bottling business3.
His partnership with D.E. Landers (b.1835 in NY) only lasted from 1869-18711.
Whitney & Landers were listed in the 1870 Census as living in the same house.
Starting in 1871, Landers started a separate business as "D.E. Landers & Co." at 619
Louisianna Avenue, acting as an agent for various Ales and liquors4. That
lasted for only a few years.
Whitney continued his Mineral Water business without Landers from 1872-1879, after which he
ran a saloon/restaurant1.
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book # 720 This is a 6.5" aqua, squat blob-top bottle embossed: front: M.M. WHITNEY & CO / WASHINGTON / D.C. |
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book # 721 This is 2 photos of the same bottle, one before cleaning (with the embossing painted), and one after cleaning. It is a 7.3" aqua, gravitating stopper bottle with part of the stopper still inside. It's embossed: front: M.M. WHITNEY & CO / WASHINGTON, D.C. base: W |