Abbreviations Used In City Directory 1911




Contributed by Joy Fisher


agt           agent
appr          apprentice
asst          assistant
av            avenue
attdt         attendant
bds           boards
bet           between
bkpr          bookkeeper
bldg          building
blk           block
blksmith      blacksmith
brklyr        bricklayer
carp          carpenter
cashr         cashier
chf           chief
clk           clerk
clnr          cleaner
com           commission
commr         commissioner
cond          conductor
confr         confectioner
cor           corner
dep           deputy
dept          department
dist          district
dom           domestic
emp           employee
eng           engineer
e             east
es            east side
est           estate
frt           freight
gen           general
hd            head
hlpr          helper
ins           insurance
insp          inspector
lab           laborer
ldry          laundry
mach          machinist
mech          mechanic
mere          mercantile
messr         messenger
mkr           maker
mfr           manufacturer
mgr           manager
nr            near
n             north
ne            north east
ns            north side
nw            north west
opp           opposite
opr           operator
phone opr     telephone operator
photog        photographer
phys          physician
pk            park
pl            place
pres          president
prin          principal
pub           publisher
P O           post office
rd            road
real est      real estate
repr          repairer
res           residence
Rev           Reverend
rms           rooms
sec           secretary
solr          solicitor
stenog        stenographer
supt          superintendent
s             south
se            south east
ss            south side
sw            south west
tchr          teacher
tel           telegraph and telephone
tmstr         teamster
trav agt      traveling agent
treas         treasurer
vet surg      veterinary surgeon
whol          wholesale
wid           widow
wkr           worker
w             west
ws            west side
ydman         yardman


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

F. A. McKinney's Durango and Durango District Directory
1911 - 1912

Including the Towns and Postoffices in LaPlata and Montezuma Counties Colorado
and San Juan County, New Mexico.

Containing Complete Alphabetical Lists of Business Firms and Private Citizens,
Miscellaneous Directory of City and County Officials, Churches, Public Schools,
Secret Societies, Commercial Organizations, Street and Avenue Guide, Etc., Etc.,

ALSO A COMPLETE Classified Business Directory
OF THE THREE COUNTIES
PRICE PER COPY $5.00
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1911, by Fred A. McKinney,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C
F. A. McKINNEY, Publisher.
400 Main Street, Delta
1338 Lawrence Street, Denver
18 West 27th St., New York City.





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