Boyd's directory of the District of Columbia
Boyd's Directory of the District of Columbia, published in Washington, D.C. by W.H. Boyd in 1881, is a city directory listing residents, businesses and officials for the capital's households and trades. Its pictures are small wood-engraved views of civic buildings, a commercial storefront, a street plan and a printed business label, showing how 19th-century engravers rendered architecture, signage and cartographic detail for a designer's reference.
