Empire Directory Co.'s Binghamton City Directory 1909 [also Lestershire and Endicott]

Empire Directory Co.'s Binghamton City Directory 1909 [also Lestershire and Endicott]; Containing a General Directory of the Citizens of Binghamton, Lestershire and Edicott [sic]; also a classified Business Directory of Binghamton, Lestershire and Edicott [sic]. A compendium of the County and City Governments and of the Public Schools and Private Institutions Churches, Societies, etc. etc. belonging thereto. Binghamton, New York: Empire Directory Co., 1909. First Edition. [2034]

Blue cloth spine with printed boards binding quite scuffed and worn yet tight and secure. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, cloth loop bound in across the top for hanging this book on a hook or a nail. 656 clean pp., illustrated, mainly from advertising. Good. Hardcover.

This directory lists individuals and businesses, with their addresses, and for individuals it includes their occupation.

An intimate look at the "Parlor City" and the newly-developing areas of Endicott & Lestershire during the boom period of the Endicott-Johnson shoe empire.