Commemorative Plaque, Woodward & Lothrop

ID: 5379 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Archive ~ Creator: Fontana Micucci ~ Date: 10 April 2023
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Commemorative Plaque, Woodward & Lothrop

Photograph: a plaque describing the restorative work done to the former department store's exterior ironwork designs and the store's general history.

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In 1870, Samuel Walter Woodward and Alvin Mason Lothrop met and began a decades-long partnership that resulted in one of the country’s first and leading department store ventures. After working together at another retailer that wouldn’t implement…