Photocopy of Germantown Week 1948

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Photocopy of Germantown Week 1948

Entry/Object ID

2015.18.4

Scope and Content

Photocopy of Germantown Week 1948. Publication is full of advertising, as well as a brief history of Germantown businesses, churches, events, etc. The publication gives a glimpse of Post World-War II era businesses in Germantown existing at the time. Ads include those for Allen's department store, the Pennsylvania Company, Oppenheim Collins, Wilf Brothers, Land Title Bank and Trust Company, All Start Sporting Goods Company, Wayne Junction Motors Inc., Koelle-Greenwood Compmany, W. Stuempfig realtors, Wagner's Haberdashery, Duval "style and value center," Germantown Savings Fund, Joe Morsello photographer, Cummings anthracite coal, Eugene Maurer hardware, Cherry's shoes, Kirk and Nice, A. A. Martin Inc Pontiac dealer, Tradesman National Bank and Trust Company, Barr's Jewelers, Wicaco Machine Corp, Bioren and Company, Earle N. Barber realtor, Sun Printing House, Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia, Shoor-Tred Shoes, Germantown Fire Insurance Company, Germantown Roofing and Insulation Company, Kendrick trusses, Colonial Moters Inc., Gerbron and Lewandos, Fleu and Fetterolf Inc. printers, Lawrence J. Matthews, James E. Moore, Frank's Corset Shop, Falotico's Restaurant, Jacobsen Motors, M. Griffin Company realtors, Mahlon's blinds and floor coverings, the Vernon Shops, the Ross House, Joseph F. Loughram, Schuck Electric, Lancaster County Farmer's Market, John H. Brown Jr. landscaping and pools, Harris Gramm Inc. paving, Continental Mills, Darrow's Drug Store, Public Finance Service Inc., the Boswell House, the Reject Stores Inc., Priestman-Helmetag realtors, Johnson's Flower Shop, Carson Engraving Company, Amdur's Dress Shop, Blanche's Beauty Salon, Philadelphia Magazine, Harry A. Spangler Apothecary, Bryce lamps and appliances, Frigate Book Shop, Wister Herberton Company Lumber, Asher's Candy, J. and R. Smith plumbing and heating, Cookie's Ladies Apparel, McKeany Brothers Stationers, Chester A. West realtor, E. Q. Raney Inc. Dodge-Plymouth, Theo. T. Seifert furs, Alfred R. Smith and Company realtors, National Bank of Germantown, C. A. Rowell's department store.

Collection

Germantown Town Hall Open House/ Hidden City Philadelphia