By Nancy Knisley
Everything I know about B. Eichenser, The Men's Shop, can be found on these two postcards:
Everything I know about B. Eichenser, The Men's Shop, can be found on these two postcards:
Postcard front, B. Eichenser, The Men's Shop, November 1911
Postcard back, B. Eichenser, The Men's Shop, November 1911
Postcard front, B. Eichenser, The Men's Shop December 1911
Postcard back, B. Eichenser, The Men's Shop December 1911
B. Eichenser, The Men's Shop, was at 533 Merchant Street in Ambridge, at least in 1911.
The shop sold a variety of men's clothing from union suits to "Holeproof Silk Hose" and "Holeproof Soz" * to "coat sweaters." ** The shop would also tailor a suit or overcoat. At least in the last two months of 1911 it did and would. Click here to read 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.
The shop sold a variety of men's clothing from union suits to "Holeproof Silk Hose" and "Holeproof Soz" * to "coat sweaters." ** The shop would also tailor a suit or overcoat. At least in the last two months of 1911 it did and would. Click here to read 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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