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Penn Square in Reading PA during the Christmas season in the 1940s. In the distance is Pomeroy’s department store. A lighted Christmas tree sat in the very center of the traffic circle in the middle of the square. Lighting and decor were quite the spectacle for shoppers that were finding gifts for their family and friends for the holiday.
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The Deppen Cemetery was near the bridge and moved to the county park. Also the Tivoli Club was next to…
I remember traveling this bridge so many times when my family lived just a mile or so up the road…
I really like these movable side by side aerial images. Thanks!
Nice! I go to school here right now, and now I love to know about the history of my school!…
Your right! I do know much about this school right now though. I go to it and I am sadly…
I remember waiting in the middle of Penn Street for a bus in the early 1950’s. And how beautiful Penn Street looked at Christmas.
Beautiful view. The picture has to be no earlier than 1948, as the car looks to be a ’49 -‘ 51 Plymouth. Must have been pretty late at night, with only a single car in view.