Category: Decades
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Berks County Christmas – Day 25- 1969 Christmas Day Snowstorm
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 25- 1969 Christmas Day SnowstormMerry Christmas Berks County!!! In 1969 there was a “White Christmas” in Berks County! Do you remember? We had over a foot of snow! All images courtesy of the Reading Eagle. Who Said There Was a Downtown Traffic Problem? A traffic light continues to carry out its duties despite the lack of vehicles as one…
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Berks County Christmas – Day 22 – Railroad Travel
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 22 – Railroad TravelBefore planes were the main means of traveling during the holidays, many people took trains. If you traveled as a passenger on the Reading Railroad, it would have been in a car like the one pictured below: Did you ever use the railroads to travel for the holidays?
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Berks County Christmas – Day 20 – Christmas 1960
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 20 – Christmas 1960This is what Christmas looked like in the December 25th, 1960 Reading Eagle. For the residents of Muhlenberg Park, jolly Santa Claus this year added a new twist to his visit. He arrived three days ahead of schedule and, instead of going about his duties in his usual secret way, he enlisted the help of…
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Berks County Christmas – Day 19 – Christmas Snowstorm 2002
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 19 – Christmas Snowstorm 2002On Christmas Day in 2002 we had over a foot of snow. Downed trees and wires caused power outages all over the county, and many went without lights for most of the night. Some did not get power restored for quite a few days. Do you remember Christmas Day ’02?
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Berks County Christmas – Day 18 – Remnants of Toyland
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 18 – Remnants of ToylandThe 5’6″ Santa below stood in Pomeroy’s famous 6th floor “Toyland”.Do you remember this Santa from your visits to Toyland as a child? Apparently some Berks County resident inherited the Santa, and was curious on what it was worth, but needs proof that it indeed was from Pomeroy’s Toyland. You can read the dialog from…
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Berks County Christmas – Day 17 – 1950s Whitner’s
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 17 – 1950s Whitner’sThis is an older image of Whitner’s. Dated sometime around 1950. Check out those Christmas Tree’s on the 2nd floor ledge!
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Berks County Christmas – Day 16 – Crowded Downtown
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 16 – Crowded DowntownDowntown streets were so busy in 1961 that the Reading Eagle published an article about it. Were you in this crowd?
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Berks County Christmas – Day 15 – Snowfall
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 15 – Snowfall400 block of Penn Street in the 1940s after a light snow fall. We see Shaffer Furniture Co, a State Liquor Store in the former mansion that was demolished in May 1980, Acme Market, Ramos Brothers Hat Cleaning, Charles Auto Supply, and Sunshine Inn (formerly Barbey’s). Picture from The Passing Scene
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Berks County Christmas – Day 14 – Christmas Tree
Read more: Berks County Christmas – Day 14 – Christmas TreeFourteenth Day of Christmas – yet another shot of the Christmas tree standing in the center of the circle at 5th and Penn Streets downtown. 1940s
