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Shop Pomeroy's first / Michael J. Lisicky ; foreword by Albert Boscov.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HF5465.U64 P665 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lisicky, Michael J.
- Series:
- Landmark department stores.
- Landmark department stores
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pomeroy's (Firm)--History.
- Pomeroy's (Firm).
- Department stores--Pennsylvania--History.
- Department stores.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- "A history of Pomeroy's department store from its founding in 1876 in Reading, Pennsylvania, through its move to Harrisburg and other cities in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania until its closing in 1990"-- Provided by publisher.
- Also includes information about Allied Stores Corporation, Bon-Ton Stores, Boscov's, Ellis Mills, Strawbridge & Clothier, and Wanamaker's, and Harrisburg, Reading, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
- Contents:
- 1 Placing a Keystone 17
- 2 Capital Gains 25
- 3 Greater Pomeroy's 37
- 4 Allied Forces 43
- 5 Pomeroy Days 51
- 6 Ever Changing, Ever Interesting 61
- 7 Around Town 69
- 8 5/5/55 82
- 9 Beyond the City Limits 91
- 10 While Supplies Last 110
- 11 Bon Voyage 123.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781626195653
- 162619565X
- OCLC:
- 884316006
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