Charles Mades
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Charles Mades, 3rd West cor Penn Ave (1863)
  Charles Mades, 465 Pa Ave (1866)
  Charles Mades, 467 Pa Ave (1867)
  Charles Mades, cor 10th & E Streets (1874,1878)
  Charles Mades, 300 Pa Ave NW (1872-1916)
Notes:
Charles Mades was born 1832 in Prussia, and came to America in 1850.
He shows up as a bottler from 1886-1896, and as a saloon/restaurant/hotel
owner from 1863 to 1916.
Mades hotel is where General John Augustus Sutter died in June 1880. Sutter
was famous for discovering gold that started the 1849 California gold rush.
Historical & Commercial Sketches of Washington, compiled by E.E. Barton in 1884
said that Mades hotel had about 40 rooms. It also says that Mades was a sculptor
by trade. 2
Bottles:
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This is an aqua 9.5" blob top bottle embossed: circular slug plate: CHAS MADES / WASHINGTON / D.C. back: THIS BOTTLE / MUST BE / RETURNED bottom: KARL HUTTER / NEW YORK (I painted the embossing to make it stand - otherwise it tends to blend in with the rear embossing in the photo) |