Recently, on the Yesteryear in Titusville, PA Facebook Group, my mom, Heather Hilburn, started a thread about the old businesses of Titusville. Dozens of people jumped in on the conversation to reminisce about some great local restaurants, shops, bars, car dealers, and hideouts to be found in the city. Memory is extremely tied to place. When you walk into a space from your past, memories you may have not thought of in years come flooding back.
Using that idea as a jumping off point, this month I have chosen to highlight some Titusville Herald newspaper ads from businesses of Titusville’s past.* This is not a comprehensive list of all Titusville businesses of yesteryear – just a few that might pique your interest or get you thinking of others. I’m sure there is someone out there who will remember each and every one! If you have a great memory at a place or of a person connected to that place, please feel free to share in the comments. Let’s take a walk down memory lane…
*All of the below advertisements are credited to the Titusville Herald. The name of the businesses is given in the caption below each picture along with the paper date.
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wow, love looking at all the old ad’s
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This great. Brings back alot of memories. Thanks for sharing this.
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Thank you so much for assembling this walk down memory lane. I was hoping to see an ad from the Helen Gordon Shop on Franklin Street which my parents owned.
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Hi Carol – I do have an ad from 1948 for the Helen Gordon Shop if you’d like me to send it to you! If you give me your email, I will do that promptly!
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Hi Jessica, I just revisited this site and saw you generous offer. I would love to have the Helen Gordon ad! Thank you so much!
carolblumgordon@gmail.com
PS: I love following what you do at the library!
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Thank you for all the wonderful memories. I wish a picture of each business could be posted with the ads.
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Unfortunately most the pictures we have of Titusville businesses are copyrighted and unable to be posted, but maybe one day we can do a post of the ones we do have access to!
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Loved walking down memory lane! Thanks!
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I remember the shops all decorated for Christmas! Western auto, Joans children’s shop, Penn dress shop, Oniells shoe store Barker Hardware, Shopenes jewelers, Gift Box, M&M, central Ave. Resturant, WTIV radio station, A&P grocery store, GC Murphys, Titusville newsstand, Hoppys, Days home furniture, pizza villa, Dog and Suds, Scat gas station, pat Williams has station, Dads grocery store, Rowes Flower shop, Murdoch’s flower shop, so many more! Lots of memories!!!!!!
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Hello,
Do you have any information about the Bernstein(Ruben and Rose??) family? They owned a ladies dress shop and their son (Irwin and Miriam) was an optometrist in Titusville.
Thank you.
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so cool! thank you!
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Very nice. I spent the first 35 years of my life in the Titusville area before moving to the Harrisburg area. I have found memories of using the Benson Library as a kid.
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Thanks for sharing, Jim!
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Awesome collection! So many good memories! Thank you!
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Thanks for reading, Betty! 😀
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Thanks for the memories!!!!! Hope Bob Hope doesn’t mind I used his line!!!
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Great to see a Ram’s Head ad. My parents, along with Maggie and Bob Mangini owned it at the time the add was published.
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That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing!
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I remember most of them. I always loved Titusville
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I know there’s a lot of other memories like Minuteman service station scat gas Dino Sinclair on Franklin Street Dean Phipps Auto Parts Western Auto D & J Auto McMahon’s appliance repair mcandrew drugs Titusville Pizza Villa among others I’m older than dirt thanks for listening Ray Mumford Weirton West Virginia originally from Titusville PA
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