Vintage Johnstown: October 2019

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Railroad Street

Another old VJ repeat that I havn't posted for a while - Railroad Street.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Main Street

Another old one I haven't posted for a while. With a bunch of new readers coming aboard they would have missed this the first time around. That is the Swank Building on the far left.

Baumer Street Playground

Another view of the old playground at Baumer and Bedford Streets.

Free Tickets - 1932

Now playing at the Cambria Theater - The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Car Talk

Interesting picture sent in by reader George S. All I know is - that this is Johnstown - but as to the make of the car...I haven't a clue.

Monday, October 28, 2019

Old Union Cemetery

Construction crews working on clearing out the old Union Cemetery - now the site of the War Memorial.

Some Feat With Frozen Feet - 1950

Neither snow nor sleet nor frozen feet could keep Judy Kolar, 8. from her appointment with fellow students from Washington School on the quizdown show. Judy, after trudging through the deep snow in sub-freezing weather, arrived at the studio with a pair of frozen feet. She was taken to Lee Hospital for treatment, but she refused to be taken home until after the broadcast. Patrolmen Kurtz and Boldin took Judy to her home, 206 Morgan Place, Prospect, in a cruiser after the broadcast.

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Glosser Candy - April 1936

Magic Brain Radio - April 1936

Gately & Fitzgerald Furniture

Flood Vandalism - 8 April 1936

Joseph Grenya, Edward Kohan, Frank Sapko, Frank Karas and Joseph Sapulich.

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Wm Lloyd & Son

William Lloyd & Son - Contractors and Builders - rear 426 Main Street - Downtown Johnstown.

Swanks

VJ Repeat - Swanks

Downtown

Working on laying the pipes down for heated sidewalks - Main Street - Downtown Johnstown

Friday, October 25, 2019

A Shirt Clean-up - 1907

Woolf & Reynolds - Clothing Store - Downtown Johnstown - 1907

New Johnstown Product - 1973

This ladle transfer car is the first of its type to be fabricated at Johnstown Works, U.S. Steel Corp. The 200-ton car will be shipped to the corporation's plant at Fairfield, Alabama, where it will be used to move steel made in the Q-Bop, steelmaking shop now under construction. Albert Primavera (left) and Jake Respet, fitters complete the final fabrication work before shipment.