Posted 10 years ago
Oldies1199
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These are two 1945 and 1955 Sharon, Pennsylvania City Directories. These directories include Sharon, Farrell, Sharpsville, and Wheatland. These are great books to use for genealogical research, see where different businesses used to be, where people lived and worked, and see advertisements from the Shenango Valley. In one photo you can see an advertisement from Sharon Steel (which you probably heard of). Sharon Steel originated in Sharon, Pennsylvania.
Sharon, PA manufactured Coca-Cola bottles as well as steel. One of the biggest department stores was The Sharon Store, but Sharon also had Montgomery Ward, The Boston Store of Sharon, etc.
The Shenango Valley was a steel valley especially the city of Sharon, with many manufacturers like Sharon Steel Corp., Westinghouse, United States Steel and others.
