By Nancy Knisley
Original caption: "This is Merchant Street--the Fifth Avenue of Ambridge--along which are located many of the retail establishments."
Original caption: "This is Merchant Street--the Fifth Avenue of Ambridge--along which are located many of the retail establishments."
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Note the trolley tracks.
The above photo was published in what appears to be a newsletter, perhaps National Electric's "Nationalist." It came from the late Louis Vukovcan's collection with no accessible identifying information--other clippings are pasted on top of some areas and the back is glued down.
Visit ambridgememories.blogspot.com for the complete article.
Nancy Bohinsky Knisley grew up in Ambridge in the 1950s and 1960s. She is the author of Ambridge Memories, a blog dedicated to local history from 1950 to 1970. Visit ambridgememories.blogspot.com for more.
Note the trolley tracks.
The above photo was published in what appears to be a newsletter, perhaps National Electric's "Nationalist." It came from the late Louis Vukovcan's collection with no accessible identifying information--other clippings are pasted on top of some areas and the back is glued down.
Visit ambridgememories.blogspot.com for the complete article.
Nancy Bohinsky Knisley grew up in Ambridge in the 1950s and 1960s. She is the author of Ambridge Memories, a blog dedicated to local history from 1950 to 1970. Visit ambridgememories.blogspot.com for more.
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