William N.H. Maack
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Henke & Maack, Washington DC (circa 1850)4
  Maack & Arny, Washington DC
  William N.H. Maack, 426 4 1/2 west (1855)
  William N.H. Maack, 428 4 1/2 west (1861-1865)
  William N.H. Maack, N south cor 4 1/2 west (1866-1867)
  W.N.H. Maack & Co, Washington DC (1874-1875)2
  William N.H. Maack, 1304 4 1/2 SW (1877)
  William N.H. Maack, 1300 6th SW (1878-1892)
Notes:
William N.H. Maack was born in 1822 in Germany.
American Brweries II2 says the WNH Maack & Co brewery lasted only
from 1874 to 1875, however DC directories list William NH Maack as a brewer
in the 1860s, and as a bottler in the 1880s.
Maack was teamed up with someone named "Arny", as evidenced by the "MAACK & ARNY"
bottle below. Presumably this was the same Charles W. Arny who teamed up with
Riley Shinn to form "Arny & Shinn" at 57 Greene Street in Georgetown from about
1854 to 18623. So presumably "MAACK & ARNY" were teamed up prior to 1854.
The National Intelligencer Newspaper mentions Henke & Maack in a list of companies
that took out a license for a wagon under the laws of "Wash Corp" sometime during
the months of July, August & September of 18504.
From this information, plus the fact that the "Henke & Maack" bottle below is
torpedo shaped (typical of very early soda bottles), I beleive that Henke & Maack
were teamed up before Maack & Arny.
Bottles:
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This is a dark-green 9" torpedo-shaped bottle embossed: front: HENKE & MAACK Note that it does not say "Washington DC" on it anywhere. |
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This is a dark-green 7.2" short blob top bottle embossed: front: MAACK & ARNY / GEORGETOWN / D.C. back: THIS BOTTLE IS / NEVER SOLD bottom: (iron pontil scar) |
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This is a badly damaged bottle, but when it was whole it was a
7" green squat blob top bottle embossed: front: Wm MAACK / WASHINGTON / D.C. back: THIS BOTTLE / IS NEVER SOLD bottom: (iron pontil scar) |
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Aqua 7.1" short blob top bottle embossed: front: W.N.H. MAACK / W. C. D. C. back: THIS BOTTLE IS / NEVER SOLD The "W.C." stands for "Washington City" |
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This is an aqua 7.2" short blob top bottle embossed: front: W.N.H. MAACK & Co / W. C. / D. C. back: THIS BOTTLE / NEVER SOLD |
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This is an aqua 7.2" short blob top bottle embossed: front: Wm N.H. MAACK & Co / WASHINGTON / D. C. back: THIS BOTTLE / IS / NEVER SOLD |
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This is an aqua 7.4" squat blob top bottle embossed: front: Wm N.H. MAACK / WASHINGTON / D.C. back: THIS BOTTLE / IS / NEVER SOLD |
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This is an aqua 6.5" squat blob top bottle embossed: front: Wm N.H. MAACK / WASHINGTON / D.C. back: M / THIS BOTTLE IS / NEVER SOLD |