The following data comes from the "History of Lawrence Businesses" display, located at the Watkins Community Museum Click links below to jump directly to any year: 1860           1890           1919           1950           1978 Click thumbnail image to see larger image! The Businesses of 1919 Agriculture   Construction   Finance   Food   Health Services   Agricultural implements store 1 Builder 1 Abstract and title companies 3 Bakers 4 Chiropractors 2 Feed barns 2 Cement company 1 Attorneys 22 Creameries 2 Dentists 15 Feed mills 3 Contractors 21 Banks 3 Dairies 4 Druggists 9 Greenhouse 1 House and sign painters 13 Farm land agents 4 Fruit Sellers 2 Hospitals 2 Live stock dealers 4 Marble and granite works 2 Insurance and real estate agencies 34 Grocers 38 Nurses 16 Livery, feed, and sales stable 1 Plumbers, steam and gas fitters 6 Loan companies 5 Meat markets 12 Oculists 2 Nurseries 4 Well drillers 2     Produce dealers 4 Opticians 3 Seed companies 2         Restaurants 21 Optometrists 2 Stock yard 1             Physicians 26 Tanner 1             Veterinarians 4 Hotels   Manufacturing   Personal & Household Services   Recreation   Retail   Boarding houses 2 Box manufacturer 1 Barbers 16 Billiard halls 4 Advertising novelties company 1 Furnished room renters 7 Cannery 1 Bath parlor 1 Confectioneries 12 Artists 4 Hotels 5 Car seal manufacturer 1 Cleaners and pressers 6 Movie theatres 3 Bill poster company 1     Cider and vinegar company 1 Cold storage company 1     Booksellers and stationers 4     Flour mills 2 Dressmakers 20     Bottlers 2     Foundry 1 Expressmen (movers) 9     Brick and tile companies 2         Hair dresser 1     Brick and tile companies 2         Laundries 4     Carpet dealers 2         Merchant delivery company 1     Clothing stores 10         Milliners 4     Coal and wood stores 2         Music teachers 12     Corsetier 1         Paper hanger 1     Department store 1         Photographers 5     Dry goods stores 4         Piano tuners 3     Florists 6         Shoemakers 11     Furniture dealers 3         Tailors 8     Hardware stores 6         Undertakers 2     Ice store 1 Transportation and Communication               Jewelry stores 6 Automobile dealers 11             Junk dealers 3 Automobile repair services and garages 7             Lumber dealers 6 Automobile storage company 1             Musical instrument dealers 5 Automobile supply stores 5             Notions stores 3 Bicycle dealers and repairers 2             Pawnbroker 1 Blacksmiths 9             Popcorn manufacturers 2 Boat livery 1             Printers 8 Filling Station 1             Salvage Company 1 Harness manufacturers and dealers 2             Second hand stores 2 Horse collar maker 1             Sewing machine store 1 News dealers 2             Shoe stores 5 Oil companies 3             Tea and coffee company 1 Railroads 3             Tin, copper, and sheet metal works 3 Taxicab companies 3             Typewriter and supplies store 1 Telegraph companies 2             Upholsterers 3 Telephone company 1             Wall paper store 1 Project Coordinator Email Project Coordinator / Lawrence Public Schools This site made possible by • the National Endowment for the Humanities • the Southwestern Bell Foundation Project Partners • The Lawrence Journal-World • Watkins Community Museum of History • Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas