Thomas R. Beavers
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Thomas R. Beavers, 1303 4½ St. SW, Washington DC (1893-1894)
  Thomas R. Beavers, 917 4½ St. SW, Washington DC (1895-1897)
  Thomas R. Beavers, 617 4½ St. SW, Washington DC (1898-1901)
  Thomas R. Beavers, 423 4½ St. SW, Washington DC (1902-1913)
  Thomas R. Beavers, 620 4½ St. SW, Washington DC (1914-1916)
  Mrs. Anna L. Beavers, 620 4½ St. SW, Washington DC (1917)
Notes:
Thomas R. Beavers (1867-1916)2 was a bottler in Washington DC.
In 1888-1892, he worked in his father's grocery store. His father passed away in 18943,
and in subsequent years, Beavers was listed in city directories as a bottler, a liquor store owner,
and a saloon owner. 1
Some newspaper ads also listed him as running a "grocery & liquor store"4.
In some years he was listed under multiple business types (e.g. Liquor Store owner as well as
Saloon owner), but at the same address.
The book
doesn't list any liquor bottles with his name embossed on it, only beer bottles such as the one
that is shown below. A newspaper ad from 19155 shows a picture of a bottle that has
a label that says "Beavers Whiskey", so maybe his liquor bottles were not embossed.
An ad in the February 24, 1904 Washington Post said he was a bottler of "Wash. Brewery,
Nat'l Capitol, Heurich's Beers". So it seems he bottled beer from at least 3 of the local
Washington DC breweries.
A descendant of Thomas Beavers wrote me an email saying:
"Apparently, Thomas never took a vacation until 1916. His wife Anna convinced him
to take a trip to Florida. He fell ill upon returning to Washington, and passed
away in 1916."
Beavers starting using crown-top bottles in 1903, so the bottle below is likely from before
that date6.
Bottles:
book # 67 This is a 9.3" clear baltimore-loop top bottle embossed: front: THOS. R. BEAVERS / (picture of 2 beavers) / 423 4-1/2 ST. S.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C. back: REGISTERED NOT TO BE SOLD |