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Above the fold in the 1973 Reading Eagle
Croll & Keck, a store specializing in men’s and boy’s apparel, was located on the south side of the 600 block of Penn Street, at 622 Penn Street; situated next door to Pomeroy’s Department Store. It opened in 1898, with founders being John W. Gilbert, William M.…
Above the fold in the March 28th 1962 Reading Eagle
The 400 block of Penn Street in downtown Reading PA. As it appeared in the 1960s and today.
Above the fold in the March 27th, 1985 Reading Eagle
Above the fold in the March 26th 1979 Reading Eagle The Forecast In the theatres Phonebook ad
The Vanity Fair Outlets were established first as Reading Glove and Mitten Manufacturing Company in Pennsylvania in October 1899. The H.D. Lee Company (now Lee) was acquired by the company in 1969 and the corporate name was changed to VF Corporation, a fictitious name that…
Above the fold in the March 25th 1941 Reading Eagle – Yugoslavia joins Axis powers
Farr’s was founded in Allentown in 1862 by Jacob L. Farr Sr. in a small shop at 8th & Hamilton. He custom made men’s, women’s and children’s shoes by hand. Reading’s first branch opened in 1913 under management of three of Farr’s sons. They reincorporated…
There was not a lot of information to be found on Dempsey’s American Kitchen online. Only this Morning Call article from 2005 about the restaurant location in Bethlehem being closed. Dempsey’s headquartered in Reading, but there were 14 locations eventually opened (and subsequently closed) around the region in…