Simply Slavic Festival

Simply Slavic Festival down at JAHA. We got there right after it kicked off.

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Polish Heritage Choir from Johnstown

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Pre 1889 Flood

An interesting look at Pre-1889 Flood Johnstown courtsey of JAHA.

Glosser's in the Snow - 1976

I have been struggling for the right words to explain the simple beauty of this picture. The first thing I thought of when I saw this....the smell of roasting peanuts and popcorn. Then bargain bins, the bright, overhead lighting, floors chocked full of everything you could think of, having to put a dime in the restroom door, Johnny Carson suits,  mood rings, sticking your feet in the machine that x rayed them - then having an salesperson actually wait on you, the old Glosser bags, the toy department on the 4th floor and finally when you were all done...waiting for the bus along the side - full of packages and snacks.

If any of you reading this have any more photo's of Glosser's inside or out - please let me know. This shot is courtesy of JAHA.

Broad Street - Cambria City - 1940's

Some of you have already seen this picture - but this is a high resolution scan - courtesy of JAHA. This gives a very rare glance at how McConcaughy side of Broad Street used to look. The building with the bread sign on the left the boarding house my great-grandfather Joseph Hanzel stayed at along with his brother John when they first came to Johnstown at the turn of the century. A few doors down on the same side was Holtzman's Department Store. Making your way up towards Morrellville were shops of all shapes and sizes.

The present location is the intersection of Broad Street and Power Street. The present day U-haul and the old Bestform Plant are now located in the area on the left hand side.