Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Department Store.......Part one

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Interesting point #1.........................Pomeroy's landmark store on Penn Street was built in stages from 1892 to 1957

Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart (Pomeroy's)
600 Penn Street
Reading, Pennsylvania




Interesting point #..........................2Harrisburg, Pennsylvania



"The entire sixth floor was Toyland," said Leonard C. Miller, an assistant display manager
at the Sixth and Penn streets department store from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s.






One of the most important events that occurred in Harrisburg’s history was a fire that destroyed the original state capitol in 1897. With plans drawn for a new capitol, erected on the same site and completed and dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt, in 1906, the community recognized the need for major public improvements throughout the city. Hence, what became known as the "City Beautiful Movement" was launched in Harrisburg in the first years of the new century, involving massive expansion of improvements to the city’s park and public works systems. These included the construction of the famous river wall steps that line the waterfront, erection of a water filtration plant, extensive street paving projects, damming of the Susquehanna River for sanitary purposes and enhanced recreational opportunities, a long range master plan for design of the State Capitol Complex, and numerous water, sewer and other infrastructure improvements, nearly all of which exist today. Only since 1982 has Harrisburg experienced a similar period of extensive improvement efforts and development, which continues now.

Completion of the new state capitol also spirited a surge in commercial office, hotel and retail construction in the city’s central business district giving initial shape to the skyline of today. During the first decades of the 20th century such early high-rises as the Telegraph, Union Trust and Kunkel buildings presented office space for lease showing the advent of service-oriented industries in a new era.Department stores such as Bowman and Co. and Dive, Pomeroy and Stewart grew from modest storefronts into classy downtown edifices and destination points from miles around.

During the early part of the 1900s through the 1930s, the palatial Penn Harris and Harrisburger Hotels rose to grace the edges of Capitol Park; the State Capitol Complex continued to expand northward; Bellevue Park, central Pennsylvania’s first planned community, was developed; new high schools were completed; and important cultural institutions, such as the Harrisburg Symphony and Harrisburg Community Theater, were founded. Although Harrisburg suffered from many of the urban problems that started in the mid-1950s and have plagued most cities since, the city’s achieved and projected development now continues to keep pace with its distinction as being the Commonwealth’s seat of government.




Now...........what is this all about a dumb token you ask?





Well stay tuned for part 2 coming December 6th.




Hint.......this has to do with family memories as a young child, lots of twists and turns but sweet gentle memories I am willing to share with everyone

DorkGirl

DUIGUY

Harrisburg, 35 minutes East from were I grew up.

Also the home of the longest stone archway bridge crossing the Susquehanna river.

ricko

Great... very interesting... Cheers, RickO

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Harrisburg, 35 minutes East from were I grew up.

Also the home of the longest stone archway bridge crossing the Susquehanna river. >>







Although our family lived in Cleveland, we had 40 acres in Southeastern Pa.
In the 1960's my father bought this property at that time there was a barn and log cabin well over 150 years old.
We used to go to Harrisburg just to visit

Another place we would visit and was only a short distance away was.............




Number 33



Rolling Rock bottle with original quality pledge
The number 33 is printed prominently on all bottles of Rolling Rock. Many have speculated on the significance of the number 33:

that the "33" refers to the year the Pittsburgh Steelers (who have their team practices in Latrobe) were founded.

[3]; that 33 degrees is the proper temperature to keep beer; that Latrobe test-breweed 33 batches of beer before coming up with the final formula for Rolling Rock.
(A Pabst Blue Ribbon's advertising campaign from the late 1930s through the early 1940s asserted that Pabst "blended 33 beers" to get its final product.
Yuengling, like Rolling Rock, brewed in Pennsylvania is also reputed to have mounted a similar ad campaign, touting a similar amount of "rough" brews blended to make the final product.

[4]).One widely-held belief is that it marks the repeal of prohibition in 1933.

James L. Tito, former CEO of Latrobe Brewing, opined that the "33" signifies the 33 words in the beer's original pledge of quality, which is still printed on every bottle:

OldEastside

History is so cool, OH and so is that Santa token

Steve

mariner67

Brings back lots of memories.
Thanks for the great photo.