Category: Places

The Twelfth day of Christmas – Cars pack Penn Street between 5th and 6th streets in the 1950s, as shoppers look for Christmas gifts. If there’s one thing hasn’t changed in the past 60+ years, its the swarm of shopping during the holiday season!

Tenth day of Christmas – Pomeroy’s was a staple in downtown Reading for years, but nothing was quite as special as Pomeroy’s at Christmas time.

Ninth day of Christmas – December 7th, 1947. Santa Claus has a line of little children at Pomeroy’s Department store. Robert Deturk tells Santa what he wants…December 1947…Sixth Floor of Pomeroy’s. It’s likely that some who glance upon this page will experience a deja vu moment, as untold numbers of Reading-area youngsters once stood on…

Below is an aerial photograph taken over the City of Reading after a snow fall in the 1950s.  

Seventh day of Christmas – Pomeroy’s Department store lights up the Reading Skyline with decorations in almost every window.

Sixth Day of Christmas – Light snowfall on a decorated Penn Street in the 1940s. Pictured is both Whitner’s and Pomeroy’s Department stores.