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HANSOM CAB: James C. Parmelee (1855-1931)
William Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Ezra, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John
 Alice (Maury) Parmelee (1866-1940) and her driver can be seen on the
streets of Washington, D.C., about 1920. She and a few other women in the
nation's capital owned their own hansom cabs for personal transportation
because they found them easier to board. Though not a part of the official
Smithsonian Collection, the cab was on display at the museum -- I don't know
if it currently is. These photos are from the Library of Congress, Prints and
Photographs Division.
James and Alice made The Causeway their home in Washington, near the National Cathedral. James and Alice were one of the four principal donors to the cathedral, giving $50,000; one of the four main pillars of the building has "Parmelee" written its base. |
Alice's husband, James, worked with W.H.
Lawrence and Webb Hayes, son of
distant-Parmelee cousin