Unfortunately this graphic is much too large even for this website. I posted it on Facebook and it is completely illegible. The original is in color. However, color takes up a huge amount of space so it has been converted to "gray scale" which, even though it is still a large graphic, allows for legibility. It is an interesting log of the countless small "mom and pop" stores that proliferated in the area before the present day "convenience stores" took up nearly every intersection in the area.
HI TOM....DURING THAT TIME THERE WERE STORES NOT ONLY ON THE CORNERS BUT ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK. WE HAD A STORE AT 123 MOTT ST AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU TURNED, THERE WAS A STORE IN THE BURG AND ELSEWHERE. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE TRUCKS FILLED WITH STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THE 20'S AND 30'S. I GUESS THE LACK OF AUTOMOBILES WERE ONE OF THE REASONS. BEST REGARDS.
ReplyDeleteHi Tom, The store that I've mentioned a couple of times, in previous posts, is listed here. Our neighborhood corner grocery, frequented by our family, Harry Miller, 865 Lyndale Ave, in Villa Park. Later, owned by Jim Montani, and still later by the Rebecca Family. I went to school with two of the daughters, Rose Ann Montani, and Jean Rebecca; THS class of 1957. My uncle, Plinio Sensi, had one of these Freihofer groceries, during this time period and later. I have a photo of him, holding a loaf of Freihofer's Bread. He was grocer of the week, or something close to that, and the framed photo hung on the wall, in the store, courtesy of Freihofer. The reason, he is not on the above list, his store was in Allentown, NJ rayfromvillapark
ReplyDeleteHi Tom: What a fascinating list -- all these stores with the merchants names included. I spotted two -- A&P at Overbrook and Boudinot sts and Theo Almer on Hermitage. I have no idea who Theo was but I'm sure my mother and grandmother shopped there. I'm sure there are more but I probably missed them. Thanks for the memories.
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