Online Washington DC history resources – City directories online

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• 1822 directory – first Washington directory

• 1846 – Washington directory an national register — another copy 1846 Hathi

• 1850 – The Washington directory, and Congressional and executive register, for 1850

• 1853 – The Washington and Georgetown directory, strangers’ guide-book for Washington, and congressional and clerks’ register. Alfred Hunter. 1853
• and also https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AFJ8697.0001.001?rgn=main;view=toc

• 1858 Hathi

 

• 1860  Internet Archive

• 1862  Internet Archive

• 1864 Internet Archive

• 1867  Internet Archive 1867 Hathi
• 1870 Hathi
• 1871  Internet Archive 1871 Hathi
• 1874 Hathi
• 1875 Internet Archive 1875 Hathi
• 1876 Internet Archive 1876 Hathi
• 1877 Internet Archive 1877 Hathi
• 1878 Internet Archive 1878 Hathi
• 1880 Hathi
• 1881 Internet Archive
• 1883 Hathi
• 1884 Hathi
• 1887 Hathi 1887 Google Books
• 1888 Hathi
• 1890 Hathi
• 1892 Hathi 1892 Google Books
• 1893 Internet Archive 1893 Hathi
• 1894 Hathi 1894 Internet Archive
• 1895 Hathi
• 1896 Hathi
• 1897 Hathi 1897 Google books
• 1898 Hathi 1898 Internet Archive
• 1899 Hathi
• 1900 Hathi
• 1901 Hathi
• 1901 Union League Directory Internet Archive
• 1903 Hathi 1903 Google books
• 1904 Hathi
• 1905 Hathi
• 1906 Hathi 1906 Google books
• 1907 Hathi 1907 Google books
• 1908 Hathi 1908 directory Google books
• 1909 Hathi 1909 Google Books
• 1910 Hathi
• 1911 Hathi
• 1912 directory Google books 1912 Hathi
• 1913 directory Google books 1913 Hathi
• 1914 Hathi
• 1915 Hathi
• 1916 Hathi
• 1917 Hathi
• 1920 Hathi 1920 Google Books
• 1921 Hathi 1921 Internet archive
• 1922 Hathi 1922 Internet archive
• 1923 Hathi

Microfilm of Washington DC city directories can be found at the Library of Congress:

• https://www.loc.gov/rr/microform/uscity/dc.html

U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room

(Note: before 1861 they are on microfiche (poorly filmed): A separate microfiche collection of pre-1861 U.S. directories is also available on a self-service basis in the Microform Reading Room.)

District of Columbia

City	Years available
Washington, DC	1862-1941, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1960
Washington, DC Suburban	1912-1931

Specialized

1901 Union League Directory

See: Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne Indiana.

and

Eminent and representative men of Virginia and the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. With a concise historical sketch of Virginia

Ancestry (paywalled) https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469