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Here are some more pictures from our past.


A close up of the previous picture. Charles Schaeffer and his two horses drawing his Myerstown Omnibus that carried passengers between the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad station to the Bahney House one mile north at the center of town.
Circa 1916, David T. Bordner's Restuarant was located three doors east of the Goodwill Fire Hall on Main Street from 1901 to 1925. Mr. Bordner is seen here at the entrance. Mr. Bordner also made ice cream which he peddled about town. A specialty was frozen Daises, a square of ice cream wrapped in wax paper.
The Myerstown Department Store is seen here on a day in 1905 when it was owned by Levi Hess. He is seen here next to the telephone pole.
Circa 1907, E. D. Schell is sitting in his horse drawn milk wagon in front of Charles Holtzman's Confectinary and Ice Cream Parlour at 3 East Main Street. The pool hall seen to the right was operated by Claude and Wally Salem. The Holtzman family made ice cream for years, but the product that made the family part of American history was the pretzel stick. George Holtzman invented the pretzel stick maker in 1912.
Buildings along Railroad Street south of Main Street in 1915. To the left is Wilhelm's Hardware Store, built in 1904, and was founded by John Wilhelm in 1881. Next to it is the Wilhelm home. To the right can be seen the tower of the Keystone Hook and Ladder No.1 which was built in 1875.
One of the first cars built by Dr. Harvey Miller in Myerstown.
Dining Room of the Bahney House Hotel. Circa of the picture unknown. Picture taken on a lithograph, thus the unclarity.
The Franklin House Hotel. One of six hotels in town around 1905. Located next to Bahney Furniture at the intersection of Main and College Steets. (Notice the pump in front of the hotel. It was one of many located throughout the town as part of the public water works.)


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