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| Hancock Street looking West. Picture from around
1900. This bridge/area was considered the center of town. |
Heading West on Hancock
Street in 1950. This street leads to Arnots Addition &
Wadesville going West and the Burma Road and Mahanoy City going East. |
South 2nd Street looking South. Picture from around 1950. Notice
the trolley tracks.
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Looking North on 2nd Street. Notice the horse and buggies. The
trees are gone from the main street but, many of the building are recognizable
today. The trees were removed when the main street in Saint Clair became Route 61.
The building on right with round tower and pointed roof burned down about 10 years ago.
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Overview
of Saint Clair around 1950. Picture taken from a northwest direction.
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This picture from 1950
shows the "Ritz" where "The Lyric" once was.
Next to the Lyric is Gwinner's Drug Store. At one time there were three movie
theaters in Saint Clair; the Hollywood Theater, Armory Theater, and the Ritz.The Ritz
movie theater continued showing movies until the early 1980's. Today the building is
unoccupied and in disrepair.
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| Overpass over Route 61 North with St. Clair Coal Company in the
background. Both the overpass and coal company are long gone today. I
remember the days when my uncle, Norman Kull, a St. Clair businessman with a service
garage and wrecker was called out to pull tractor-trailers out of this overpass because
they got stuck. His solution to the problem most time, let the air out of all the
tires and let the truck slowly pull itself
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1931 photo
of Bennar McFadden leading a "health walk" to New York. The large building
on the left was the Peoples Bank, now the Community Bank. The large home next to it
was torn down in the 1970's to make a drive-thru and parking lot.
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George Tavern, John Siney's Tavern in Mill Creek. Today this is
Eagle Hill Florist |
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