West Lawn Printing – Then & Now – 1975

West Lawn Printing
West Lawn Printing
2438 Penn Avenue in 1975
Google Street View 2019

In 1975 a printing company sat at 2438 Penn Avenue (now 2834). It is now home to Zhuang’s Garden, a local Chinese food eatery. Zhuang’s Garden has been there since 2005. It is unclear when West Lawn Printing closed or if there was any other business in the building between.

West Lawn Printing
Bonus picture of the staff at West Lawn Printing

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National Cleaners – Penn Ave – West Lawn – Then & Now

National Cleaners
National Cleaners West Lawn
Pictured in 1975
National Cleaners West Lawn
Today

A brief history from National Cleaners website:

National Cleaners was founded in 1945 by Theodore Roeberg, father of current owners Richard & Mickey Roeberg. He purchased a small wholesale dry cleaning plant in Reading and was quickly the first in the area to offer six-hour dry-cleaning. He expanded quickly opening six small stores and in 1955 began offering one-hour dry-cleaning and entered the shirt laundry business.Read Full Article

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