Chain: Albert’s Department Store
Date Opened: circa November 6, 1951
Date Closed: circa January 29, 1959
Street Address(es) when open (Building name/block) [Current Address]: 11 Main Street, Canton, PA
Former Store(s) in Location(s): Lazuras store
Later Store(s) in Location(s):
Buildings still exist?:
Owners, Managers, Employees: Albert Kaplan (owner)
Subsequent Owners if sold:
Articles, Pictures, Ads:
Opening of Canton (PA) store article (Canton Independent-Sentinel, November 22, 1951 p1)
Fruit of the Loom nylons ad [I believe almost all Pearl’s related stores sold this brand!) (Canton Independent-Sentinel, November 6, 1951 p9)
First ad for Canton store found in newspaper. Stores often used flyers. (Canton Independent-Sentinel , November 15, 1951 p9)
ad showing breadth of merchandise including toys! (Canton Independent-Sentinel, December 13, 1951 p4)
List of other stores in Canton, PA in 1956 (Canton Independent-Sentinel, March 29, 1956 p8)
Ad for Going-Out-Of-Business (Canton Independent-Sentinel, January 29, 1959 p2)
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