Restaurants
0707, 2023

Restaurants

…in Oil City. The restaurant later became the Yellow Dog Restaurant. The McNerney family has owned the popular Seneca Street business for generations. Among the most popular Oil City restaurants…

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…invite you to join us in this fight & challenge yourself to read outside of your comfort zone. Read a banned book. Read something you normally wouldn’t. As the wise…

Grand Spectacles
0312, 2021

Grand Spectacles

…greatest holiday season in retail selling history.” That was based on employment picking up, he said. There was good business news in the city. The Pennsylvania Telephone Co. announced it…

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…sincerely thank you as we rely on the support of our library users and the surrounding community to continue providing quality services and access to all of our resources. Monetary…

South Side: 50’s & 60’s
1410, 2022

South Side: 50’s & 60’s

…Can’t Get It.” The store annually advertised: “Look what’s happened to Lewis Hardware.…nothing. Nothing that you can notice, that is. Yet Lewis Hardware is the oldest full-time and full-line hardware…

Monarch Park
0104, 2022

Monarch Park

…attraction. The horses were manufactured by the Denzel Co. of Philadelphia. There were four bowling alleys in the park. Bill Jackson ran the operation and later, when the park closed,…

The Boom
1308, 2021

The Boom

…Famoore’s Restaurant The cozy restaurant, still in business, was located at 18 E. First Street. Founded in about 1919, the restaurant bears the name of Frank A. Moore who owned…

Wharfs & Steamboats
0906, 2023

Wharfs & Steamboats

…Ewings, foot of Robson St. Ellison & Baxter’s, foot of Walnut St. Fisher’s, foot of Hanna St. Fisher’s, No. 2, foot of Chestnut St. Fawcett Bros., foot of Chestnut St….

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