Vine Street - about 1912

More from the "Souvenir's of Johnstown' - this is Vine Street - 1912

Incline Plane

Incline Plane - Johnstown

Grandview Cemetery

A very early look at Grandview and the land surrounding it from 'Souvenir's of Johnstown'

St. Joseph Church

Another 'Souvenir of Johnstown' - The now closed St. Joseph Church.

Elks

Nice look at the old Elk's in Downtown Johnstown.

Views at Luna Park

Views of Luna Park - now the location of Roxbury Park - from the Souvenirs of Johnstown Series.

City Hall

City Hall - Downtown Johnstown

YWCA - Johnstown

'Souvenir's of Johnstown' - the old J.P. Thomas home that is now the Y.W.C.A.

Views of Roxbury

This plate shows Old Somerset Pike and Franklin Street.

View of Moxham

A look at Village Street and Park Avenue in Moxham

Stone Bridge

'Souvenir of Johnstown' - Stone Bridge

Cambria Steel Company

'Souvenir of Johnstown' - Cambria Steel Company

Somerset Street

Another from the booklet - 'Souvenir of Johnstown' his is what Somerset Street used to look like.

Merchant Hotel - Downtown Johnstown

The old Merchant's Hotel in downtown Johnstown.

McCrorey's - Downtown Johnstown

 

	J.G. McCrorey Store located along Main Street in Downtown Johnstown.
John G. McCrorey was the founder of the McCrory Five and Ten Cent store chain. Born in East Wheatfield Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania in 1860, he moved with his family to Cumberland County while still a boy. He returned to Johnstown, Pennsylvania at age 18 and began working in retail stores. Four years later, at age 22, he opened at Scottsdale, Indiana County, Pennsylvania the first of what would become hundreds of McCrory chain stores - he later dropped the "e" in his name because it was cheaper to have signs printed up that way. His stores would come to be considered the second of the great five-and-dime chain stores founded at the end of the nineteenth century, following F.W. Woolworth (1879) and preceded those of S.S. Kresge (1899). The latter chain was later renamed K-Mart. He is interred in the family mausoleum at Grandview Cemetery, above whose entrance is inscribed "McCrorey," the original spelling of the family name.

Main Street - Downtown Johnstown

From 'Souvenir of Johnstown' - Main Street at the intersection of Clinton and Bedford. The Senior Center now occupies the spot on the left.

Lincoln Building - Downtown Johnstown

More from the 'Souvenir's of Johnstown' book. Today it's the Lincoln Building.

Franklin Street - Downtown Johnstown

This 'Souvenir of Johnstown' picture shows Franklin Street near the bridge - downtown Johnstown. Off in the distance would be Central Park on the left and Glosser's straight ahead.

Johnstown Fire Departments

Summer Repeat - 'Souvenir of Johnstown' - Three Fire Departments. Top: Downtown Station - Washington Street. Lower right: Morrellville Station on Fairfield Avenue. And Lower left: Moxham Station on Central Avenue.

Lorain Steel Company

'Souvenir of Johnstown' - Lorain Steel Company in Moxham. Started off as the Johnson Company making steel rails for trolleys. It eventually became U.S. Steel and then Johnstown Corp.