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| Picture | Business Name | Location | Owner/Operator | Dates of Operation | Comments: |
| Canter's Army & Navy Store | 4th & Market St. | ? - 1952 - ? | |||
| Cheap John's | 5th & Sproul Sts. | "I remenber
there were two stores: 1st floor sold toys and other stuff that was cheap (Like a Dollar
store) and upstairs they sold the better stuff." Hank Ternove, |
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| Ches-Penn 5 & 10 | 700 block of Edgmont Ave. | Jules Schwarts | |||
| Elman's Variety Store | 609 W. 3rd St. | Joe Elman | c. 1930 - Present | "I know the Four
Aces visited there and was a favorite stop for Mickey Vernon going from Marcus Hook to
Philly back in the 50's and other local celebrities visited there too... Snowballs, Hershey's Ski Hi ice cream, and WOW the Tastykakes! You could purchase nylons, film, and creal there. About anything." Bill Elman, STEELDAN1@aol.com |
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S. S. Kresge | Corner of 5th & Edgmont Ave. | Thanks to James Crystle, j.crystle@worldnet.att.net |
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| Kudak's (sp?) Variety Store | 3rd & Wilson St. | ?- late 1950's - early 1960's -? | David J. Hentosh, david.j.hentosh@lmco.com | ||
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J. G. McCrory | 609-13 Edgmont Ave. | C. R. Rogers, manager 1924 | October 1924- | |
| Manning's Hobby Shop | 8th & Morton Ave. | "Many a
Saturday spent there to get a 25 cent rubber band powered plane or a stick model airplane."
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| Price's | 7th & Central | Willie "Brother" Price | "Also
operated Taurus
Flavors ice cream store & hoagie shop on 7th St. near
Fulton."
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| Shuster's Army & Navy Store | 314 Market St. | ? - 1952 - ? | |||
| Silver's (1) | 5th & Market St., SW corner | ||||
| Simmonds Hobby Shop | 7th & Edgmont (near St. Michael's) |
Thanks to Thomas McKniff, Sr. Ron3597@aol.com |
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| Stewart's 5 & 10 | 1100 block of Morton Ave. | Thanks to Pat, vis12321@home.com |
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| Surplus Store | 607 Sproul St. | Otto Rosenblatt | ? - 1952 - ? | ||
| Tony's Store | 414 Concord Ave. | Tony & Minniegal DeSanctis | 1939-1960 | Thanks to Mario Ferrarelli, grandson, mario@delanet.com | |
| Woolworth | 518 Market St. later 614 Edgmont Ave. |
Ed Parker, manager c. 1964 - 1967 | - 1924 - | Woolworth moved to
614 Edgmont Ave. c. 1960
"My wife's father, Ed Parker, was the store manager of Woolworth's on Edgmont Ave. from about 1964 until his death in 1967. His son, Jack, went on to become president of Woolworth's. Jack resigned from Woolworth to start his own business in 1985." |
