OldChesterPa: Businesses: Shoe Stores & Shoe Repair

Picture	Business Name	Location	Owner/Operator	Dates of Operation	Comments:
	?	Edgmont Ave. near 10th St.	John Kind	- 1899
	American Shoe & Hat Cleaning Parlor	533 Market St.	N. J. Deacumakos	? - 1917, 1918 - ?	Thanks to their ad in a Chester High annual, courtesy of Janet Andrews Moulder, Wilmington, DE
	A. S. Beck	Market St. between 5th & 6th			Thanks to "Pete"
	Bennett's Shoe Store	623 Edmont Ave.		? - 1927 - ?	Opened new store at 623 Edgmont Ave. in August 1927.
	Cirilli's Shoe Store	16th & Providence Ave. (across from Dalton's Bakery)	Guiseppi "Joe" Cirilli	? - 1940's, 1950's - ?	"...my great grandfather owned it in the 40s and 50s..." Thanks to Megan Burns, Meganeburns@aol.com
	Cloud's Shoe Store	28 W. 3rd St. 704 Edgmont Ave. (Y.M.C.A. Building) - 1915	Father of Orlando H. Cloud Orlando H. Cloud [Biography & Photo]	1852 - 1903 - 1915 - before July 1940	From the Souvenir History of Chester, PA under the auspices of the Board of Trade Published by George M. Burns, Philadelphia, PA 1903 courtesy of Terry Redden Peters Also thanks to their ad in the 1915 Chester High annual, courtesy of Janet Andrews Moulder, Wilmington, DE
	Jacob Deitch	7th & Sproul		? - 1917 - ?	"Shoe repairer" Thanks to their ad in the 1917 Chester High annual, courtesy of Janet Andrews Moulder, Wilmington, DE
	Dial Shoe Store	6th &			Store sign seen here in Taxi Station photo courtesy of Rocky (Hazel Hillard) Bohlmann
	James Dolphin	14th & Providence Ave.	James Dolphin	? - 1902	Until retirement in 1902, Mr. Dolphin was official repairer of shoes for Pennsylvania Military College (PMC)
	Benj. Dranof	3rd & Highland Ave.		? - 1917 - ?	"Electric, shoe repairing shop" Thanks to their ad in a Chester High annual, courtesy of Janet Andrews Moulder, Wilmington, DE
	Ferry's Shoe Repair Store	724 Welsh St. also Edgmont Ave. Near the Boyd Theater	Alexander Ferry, Sr.		Thanks to Mr. Alexander Ferry, Sr.'s daughter-in-law
	Flagg Bros. Shoe Store	Market St. (Next to Kresge 5&10, 2 or 3 doors up from Lee's Records at the point of Market St and Edgemont Ave.)			Thanks to Bob Felix, felix@vitetta.com
	Grand Shoe Store	321 Market St.	Operated by two brothers, Ben and Joe Schwartz	? - 1956 - ?	"I worked there part-time while I was in high school." Thanks to Dan Kennedy
	Gus's Shoe Repair	1100 block of Morton Ave.	Gus & Bessie Vespisanie	late 1940's	"Also in the late 40's in the same block there was a shoe repair shop called Gus's. It was owned bu Gus & Bessie Vespisanie who live next to the Sunset Cafe" Thanks to Pat, vis12321@home.com
	Hanover Shoe Store	West side of Market between 5th & 6th			"There was one on the west side of Market St. between 5th and 6th, south of the train station. My father, Lewis Lenny, worked there on occasion before the 1950's." Thanks to Al Lenny
	Harry's Shoe Store	3rd & Edgmont Ave.	Harry Karp		"My mother and father used to take to Harry's near 3rd and Edgmont. Harry was such a nice man and always fitted us with the right size and width shoe. Harry's then moved to Woodlyn in the shopping center on McDade Boulevard." Thanks to Schemmir, michael_ebling@merck.com "Harry's last name was Karp. He was a big, jovial bald guy with a moustache." Thanks to Gary Pastorius, pastorius2@worldnet.att.net
	Hernick's Shoe Store	Sproul St. (above 7th)	John Hernick	- 1950's -	"How can one forget Hernick's Shoe store where they had the x-ray machine to see how your shoes fit." Lou Calvarese, Loucalpru@aol.com "Hernick's Shoe store on Sproul Street was owned and operated by John Hernick. Mr Hernick (I was too young to call him John) was also an expert in crafting corrective shoes for people with foot problems. I met him by way of his son, Donald, in the Boy Scouts." Thanks to Tony Casciato tony.four@verizon.net
	Ieradi's Shoe Repair	426 3rd St. then 424 W. 3rd St. (until 1969) (near Stackey's Hoagies) 1969 & later 2119 Edgmont Ave.	Frank Ieradi	1926 - 1969 - ?	My grandfather opened his first shop in 1926 at 426 West Third St. Later, moved to 424. He worked there until 1969 when he and his wife relocated to 2119 Edgemont Avenue, Chester, Pa. near Parkside because of the extreme strife that existed during the dark days of the civil rights movement in Chester. I have a picture of him in taken in 1926 standing in the doorway of his shop proudly holding his finished product. If I can attend the reunion, I'll bring it with me. Thanks to Michael Masishin, Grandson "Owned by Mr Ieradi on 3rd Street in Chester Last know was in the 50`s but was there many years before that. Near Stackeys Hoagies." Thanks to Pooch09@aol.com
	Kinney Shoe Store	630 Edgmont Ave.		- 1949 -
	Lessin's	935 Edgmont Ave.		? - 1952 - ?
	?	3rd St., between Penell & Howell 1915 W 3rd St.	C.S. Rively		Store moved October 1899
	Moyer Shoe Store	812 Edgmont Ave.		? - 1937 - ?	"Nunn-Bush for Men, Queen Quality for Women, Edwards for Children" according to their ad in the June 1937 Southern Penn Bus Schedule Book, courtesy of Terry Redden Peters
	New York Shoe Store	812 Edgmont Ave.		c. 1900 ?
	Royal Shoe Store	628 Edgmont Ave.	A. Smith, Proprietor	? - 1918 - ?	"Agent for Ralston shoes of Philadelphia" Thanks to their ad in the 1918 Chester High annual, courtesy of Janet Andrews Moulder, Wilmington, DE
	Peter Saedlo Shoe Repair Shop	700 block of Morton Ave. (Across from Anna's Hoagie Shop)	Peter Saedlo		Thanks to Mr. Saedlo's granddaughter, Marge Hollis Waldron ST. Michael's class of '51 Notre Dame class of '55
	Sammy's Cancellation Shoe Store	610 Sproul St.	Sol Schiff & his brother Abe Schiff		"His slogan was "It's Cha Cha Time at Sammy's Shoe Store. They sold shoes and did shoe repair. It was owned by my dad, Sol Schiff and his brother Abe Schiff." Thanks to Linda, Lfsb150@aol.com
	Seaton's Hat Shop & Shoe Repair	3rd St. between Edwards & Flower	James Seaton		"Seaton's Hat Shop and Shoe Repair, located between Edward and Flower Streets: James Seaton, the owner, was an institution on Third Street. He was a gregarious person with a contagious smile and a heart of gold. He eventually bought the two story building which included an apartment on the second floor." Thanks to Mary Carter-Williams, Ph.D.
	Shahadi's Shoe Repair	3rd St. between Wilson & Hayes		?-1950's - early 1960's-?	David J. Hentosh, david.j.hentosh@lmco.com
Photo courtesy of Mr. Jack Swerman, AIA (Click on the image to see a larger version)	Slater's Shoe Store	618 Edgmont Ave.
	N. Smith Shoes	502 Market St.	Nathan Smith	? - until the depression	Thanks to Rose Samuelson, daughter, Delaware County, PA
	Smitty's Shoe Store	1800 block of W. 3rd St.			"Smitty's Shoe Store, was in the 1800 Block of W. 3rd Street, near the Strand Theater, Across from Jack Restaurant." Thanks to John H. Jones
	Stacey's Shoe Repair	7th St.
	Tri-Plex Shoe Store	Market St. between 5th & 6th			Thanks to "Pete"
	United Shoe Stores	806 Edgmont Ave.		? - 1915 - ?	Thanks to their ad in the 1915 Chester High annual, courtesy of Janet Andrews Moulder, Wilmington, DE
	Wood Shoe Store	4th & Edgmont next to Stanley Theatre	John Wood, son of Daniel Wood who had a shoe store at 310 Market St.		"At the time of the depression [my] granddad [John Wood] gave a lot of shoes on credit , but was unfortunately never repaid and eventually lost the store." Dave Wood
Photo courtesy of Mary Jane Burn, mjburn@gva.net. (Click on the image to see a larger version)	Daniel Wood Shoe Store (7)	141 3rd St 310 Market St.	Daniel & Jane Wood Daniel Wood, father of John Wood who later had a shoe store at 4th & Edgmont.	? - 1885 - ?	"My great grandfather is Daniel Wood and my grandfather, John took over the store after Daniel's death as far as I know. When my sister and I were children, we got high top patent leather button shoes because they didn't sell. You had to use a button hook to put them on and off and did we hate those shoes." Dot Wood Ferrari, dot-ferrari@juno.com