What a delightful photo! You are on South Broad Street looking north toward State. All the old time stores can be seen lining both sides of South Broad Street. The original of this R.C. Maxwell Photo from the Duke University Library was scanned at 300 dots per inch. However, in order to stay within the bounds of reason, I have reduced it to a reasonable size. However, when I open the original and view the full graphic, it felt like I was standing on the sidewalk in downtown Trenton on April 6, 1937!-
Ralph Lucarella said... HI TOM.....THAT'S A GOOD VIEW OF SWERN'S DEPT STORE NEAR FRONT ST.IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORES IN DOWNTOWN TRENTON. FOR BARGAINS WE WENT TO GOLDBERG'S, FOR THE GOOD STUFF IT WAS SWERN'S. BEST REGARDS.
- Michael said...
Tom:
You are right, this is a fantastic photo. I sent you the same one last year, or early this year along with several other photos of South Trenton's "Jew Town"
This Maxwell photo is 10 times better than that which I have. BTW: speaking of Jew Town, Herb Spiegel of the Famous Herman Spiegel fine Furniture family put me onto the "Trenton Jewish Project". A similar column such as your great blog. They have some wonderful photos of people and places along Union, and Market Street. Worth a look.
Regards
Mike Kuzma
Hi Mike: I have visited the Trenton Jewish Project. Very nice material and a tribute to those of the Jewish faith. I intend to re-visit on a regular basis as that area of Trenton is of great interest to me.
HI TOM.....THAT'S A GOOD VIEW OF SWERN'S DEPT STORE NEAR FRONT ST.IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORES IN DOWNTOWN TRENTON. FOR BARGINS WE WENT TO GOLDBERG'S, FOR THE GOOD STUFF IT WAS SWERN'S. BEST REGARDS.
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ReplyDeleteYou are right, this is a fantastic photo.
I sent you the same one last year, or early this year along with several other photos of South Trenton's "Jew Town"
This Maxwell photo is 10 times better than that which I have.
BTW: speaking of Jew Town, Herb Spiegel of the Famous Herman Spiegel fine Furniture family put me onto the "Trenton Jewish Project". A similar column such as your great blog.
They have some wonderful photos of people and places along Union, and Market Street.
Worth a look.
Regards
Mike Kuzma
I was interviewing my aging Mother a few weeks ago and found out my Grandfather and Great Uncle both worked at Stern's. Was looking for pictures, so thank you for this!
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