Chain: Pearl’s Department Stores, Inc.
Date Opened: April 16, 1937
Date Closed: 1988
Street Address(es) when open (Building name/block) [Current Address]: Montcalm (Rowell & Shatuck Block)
Former Store(s) in Location(s):
Later Store(s) in Location(s): Cobbler’s Bench
Buildings still exist?: Yes
Owners, Managers, Employees: Norman Pearl (manager), Red Buell, Albert Kaplan (manager, 1951),
Subsequent Owners if sold: Did not stay as clothing store
Articles, Pictures, Ads:
Editor’s Note: Probably taken in mid-seventies based on Dodge Dart (Picture from Facebook group: You Know You are from Ticonderoga)
Pearl’s in Ticonderoga in last year of operation (1987)
(Picture Facebook group: If You Grew Up in Ticonderoga, NY You Remember …)
From Pearl’s to The Cobbler’s Bench. (Rowell & Shattuck
block) December 8, 1992. (Picture from Facebook group: If You Grew Up in Ticonderoga, NY You Remember …)
Cobbler’s Bench after Pearl’s. Building built in 1887. (Picture Facebook group: If You Grew Up in Ticonderoga, NY You Remember …)
Pearl’s ad from December 11, 1969 (Facebook Source: Facebook group: If You Grew Up in Ticonderoga, NY You Remember … Mark Wright post)
Pearls ad – 1972(Source: Facebook group: If You Grew Up in Ticonderoga, NY You Remember … Mark Wright post)
Recollections: (All from Facebook group: If You Grew Up in Ticonderoga, NY You Remember …)
“Real old wooden floors inside” Susan Barber
“Yes, how they creaked when you walked. :o)” Vikki L Ohnemus
“How the old wooden floor boards used to creak in Pearl’s when I was in there shopping with my mother.” Mark Wright
“Yes lol, there was no sneaking around in there. the floor itself gave you away hehehe” Tammie Woods Frederick