Downtown Shopping
This Sunday, September 28 at noon, the Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey will be holding an in-person program on Downtown Shopping in our areas. We invite you to come and share your experiences and memories of those days when people enjoyed shopping downtown. We will be exhibiting photos of downtown shopping areas and welcome you to bring your photos to share and to be part of the discussion. Below are some of our archived downtown shopping photos.
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This looks like the late 1960s. Photo is looking east from Main Street on Broadway, downtown Paterson, N.J.
The heart of downtown Paterson, circa 1923. This is the intersection of Market and Colt Streets.
Find a comfortable stool at the counter and soda fountain of Irving Pharmacy, which was located at the corner of Grand and Main Streets in Paterson. The menu on the wall shows the tuna fish salad sandwich priced at $.25, and a hamburger cost of $.20. A beautiful counter, don't you think?
Located on West Broadway in Paterson was Nathan's Picture Framing. On the left is Theodore Nathans; on the right is Frank Krumpholz.
In honor of the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the city of Passaic, this photo of Main Avenue was included as the cover of a commemorative calendar, distributed at the Anniversary Dinner held on April 2, 1998.
Roth Pharmacy located on the corner of Market and Mercer Streets, Passaic N.J. 1915.