Historic Business

Moser’s Store

Moser’s Store served shoppers at 100 East Independence Street from 1910 through the centennial year, with Joseph Moser and later Arthur Moser guiding a long-running dry-goods business.

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Moser’s Store personnel across three anniversariesThree staff photographs show Moser’s Store personnel during Old Home Week in 1914, the Diamond Jubilee in 1939, and the Centennial in 1964.Image date: 1914, 1939, and 1964

At 100 East Independence Street

The store’s centennial profile places Moser’s Store at 100 East Independence Street. It advertised dry goods, notions, gloves, hosiery, underwear, ready-to-wear clothing, and patterns under one downtown address.

Joseph Moser

Joseph Moser was identified as proprietor from 1910 through 1926. The dated role establishes his place in the business without extending it beyond the years printed in the store’s own historical display.

Arthur Moser

Arthur Moser managed the store from 1926 through 1963. Staff photographs dated 1914, 1939, and 1964 presented the business as a workplace spanning several generations, while the public profile leaves individual identifications for separate review.

Location

100 East Independence Street, Shamokin, Pennsylvania