Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Curious?

Ever wanted to know what a couple blocks north of Isabella St. looked like in October 1939?

Yeah, me too!

So, I found this today...
Lord God, I am enjoying researching for writing history.

LOL!

Jp

1 comment:

Linda said...

> Gimbel Brother's Department Store
> [famous in New York City and
> Philadelphia (sponsored
> Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day
> Parade), as well as having a store
> in Milwaukee] bought-out the former
> Kaufmann's and Baer Department
> Store [13 floors with basement and
> sub-basement] at Sixth Avenue and
> Smithfield Street [later Mellon
> Square]

Now I'm time traveling...I was in that Gimbels in the summer of 1979. I walked a block down and a block over from the William Penn Hotel to get a roll of film since the hotel gift shop was all out. I was at a SPACE: 1999 convention at the time.