Category: Reading
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On this Day April 5th
Read more: On this Day April 5thTop Headlines in the April 5th 1968 Reading Eagle: Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
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On this Day April 3rd
Read more: On this Day April 3rdAbove the fold in the April 3rd 1987 Reading Eagle Trying to revitalize downtown The Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre opens 30 years ago today. In the Movie Theatres
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Reading’s Comfort Stations at 5th & Penn
Read more: Reading’s Comfort Stations at 5th & PennThe Comfort Stations at 5th & Penn were essentially public restrooms that included toilets, showers, weight scales, 14 wash bowls with liquid soap, and pay compartments all of which seemed quite luxurious for when it was introduced in February of 1922. The showers and pay compartments cost 25 and 10 cents. Comfort stations became extremely…
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The Reading Station Outlets
Read more: The Reading Station OutletsThe Reading Station Outlets were opened in 1992, to try solidify Reading’s status as “Outlet Capitol of the World”. Unfortunately due to the decline of the city most shoppers preferred to go to the Vanity Fair Outlet stores that were located further outside of the city in Wyomissing/West Reading. By 1995 the owners of the…
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On this Day March 29th
Read more: On this Day March 29thAbove the fold in the 1973 Reading Eagle
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Croll & Keck
Read more: Croll & KeckCroll & 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. Croll and D. A. Heffner. The first location of the…
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On this Day March 27th…
Read more: On this Day March 27th…Above the fold in the March 27th, 1985 Reading Eagle
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Farr’s Shoe Store / Boot Shop
Read more: Farr’s Shoe Store / Boot ShopFarr’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 as Farr Bros Co. in 1920. The location that most…
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On this day March 23rd…
Read more: On this day March 23rd…Above the fold in the March 23rd 1955 Reading Eagle Ads & more
