From Shamokin’s historic collections
Explore advertisements, business marks, newspaper mastheads, and product illustrations from Shamokin’s historic businesses and local publications.
15 advertisements match this view.
Automobile advertisement
This 1964 advertisement places Fetterolf Chevrolet at Rock and Spurzheim and uses a 1922 Chevrolet to illustrate the predecessor partnership’s history.
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Industrial advertisement
This 1939 industrial advertisement promotes Fuhrmann & Schmidt’s F&S beer and ale in Shamokin. Product-quality language remains period advertising rather than an independent editorial claim.
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Automobile advertisement
Kershner Buick promoted Buick sales, service, storage, and repairs at Market and Commerce. The surviving advertisement is undated, so the collection does not assign it a year.
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Industrial advertisement
This 1964 industrial advertisement identifies Lark Dress Company at Fifth and Walnut, names its founders and officers, and describes its women’s dress production.
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Bank advertisement
This 1939 institutional advertisement offers the compliments of the Market Street National Bank without printing a street address.
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Retail advertisement
This 1939 retail advertisement thanks Shamokin for thirty years of business. The anniversary wording is retained as advertising language.
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Industrial advertisement
This 1939 industrial advertisement identifies National Ticket Company with Shamokin and promotes its ticket-printing specialty.
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Product advertisement
This 1939 product advertisement promotes Reed’s milk and ice cream in Shamokin and prints the telephone numbers 55 and 54.
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Public-service advertisement
This 1916 advertisement presents the Ruthenian National Union and prints its national office address in Scranton. The organization’s founding in Shamokin links the piece to the city’s immigrant-community history.
Bank advertisement
This 1939 advertisement presents Shamokin Banking & Trust Company, an 1871 incorporation claim, and a historic view of its bank building.
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Newspaper masthead
This 1939 advertisement identifies the Shamokin News-Dispatch as printer of the Diamond Jubilee booklet and lists its job-printing department at 519 North Rock Street.
Industrial advertisement
This 1939 industrial advertisement identifies Stevens Coal Company as operator of Cameron Colliery, promotes Cameo Coal, and names Trout Run and Trevorton as additional operations.
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Professional-service advertisement
This 1939 advertisement marks Victoria Amusement Enterprises’ printed 1914–1939 span and names Victoria theatres in Shamokin and three neighboring communities.
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Professional-service advertisement
This 1964 advertisement presents WISL as Radio Anthracite, listing 1480 kc and 1,000 watts full-time beside a regional coverage map. Its printed dates are not used to infer the station’s opening year.
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Product advertisement
This 1939 product advertisement promotes Yoch’s Butter-Nut Bread from Yoch Bakery Company in Shamokin. Its nutritional and quality language remains period advertising.
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