News & announcements
Saving your history
Early accounts
Maps
Nearby towns
People
Churches
Schools
Municipal
Organizations
Businesses
The mines
Transportation
Streets
Buildings
Entertainment
Celebrations
Sports
Ethnic groups
Tailors, seamstresses and milliners
What's on this page:
- 20th- and early 21st-century tailors, seamstresses and milliners
- Tailors, seamstresses and milliners listed in directories, 1900-1940
- 19th-century tailors, seamstresses and milliners
- 20th-century clothing stores
- 20th-century shoe stores
- 20th-century shoemakers and
shoe repair shops
- 20th-century jewelers,
watch stores and watch repair
- 20th-century laundries and dry cleaners
- Sewing machines
and fabric stores
The photo at top left corner of the page showing a tailor with his tape measure standing outside a Freeland clothing store came from John Zubach.
TAILORS AND SEAMSTRESSES
Bond Cleaners - 406 Centre St. - Tailoring, dry cleaning, same day pressing service, tuxedo rental (1952 ad)
Neil Citro, Tailor - 710
South St. (1925 ad) Emil Deddy's Men's Shop - 513 Centre St. (Emil Deddy, proprietor; tailoring and men's wear) (from 1986 St. Casimir's booklet via Ed Merrick) (shop photo, CT)
Delvecchio's
Tailor Shop - 505 Centre St. (Matthew
Delvecchio, proprietor) tailor, tailor shop (age 47 in 1940 Census)
(1924 ad at left)Michael DelVecchio - Centre St. - Ladies' tailoring (1924 ad)
Designs Unlimited - 359 Centre St. (Barbara Haraschak, proprietor) Clothing design, construction, alterations; custom tailoring, bridal parties, semiformals, tuxedos, costumes ...
Mazziota's Tailor Shop - 822 South St. (Girard Mazziota, proprietor) tailor shop (age 54 in 1940 Census)
Novelty Cloak and Suit Store - Refowich Theatre Bldg. - S. Presel and M. Silverman - Ladies' and gents' tailoring a specialty (from Ed Merrick, 1919 ad)
Pecora's
Tailor Shop - Centre St., between Pitman's
Furniture and Newberry's - (Ralph J. Pecora, proprietor and tailor) -
Tailor-made suites, dry cleaning and pressing (1924 ad) - This photo of
Ralph Pecora and his
co-workers/staff comes from
Emily Pecora. You can read about him and his business in her thesis on the Pecora page.
Veraldi's Tailor Shop
- 511 Centre St. (James Veraldi,
proprietor and tailor) - tailor shop (age 58 in 1940 Census) (1924 ad
at right) MILLINERS
Alice's Hat Shop
- Centre St., between Front & Main
Streets Bohlin's Millinery - 617 Centre St. - Ready-to-wear hats, silk hose, linen handkerchiefs (1924 ad from Ed Merrick)
Consolidated Millinery Store (1918 ad from Ed Merrick)
Ideal
Millinery - 419
Centre St. - "Our aim is to seel a real fine class of millinery at a
price within the reach of all" (1924 ad from Ed Merrick)
Lina Lloyd's,
Milliners - 721 Centre St. (From Ed Merrick:
This store was across Centre Street from Fairchild's News Store between
Front and Walnut. Two elderly sisters were the proprietors, Lina and
[Maggie?]) (1923 and 1957 ads from Ed Merrick) Please also see
the page on 19th-century tailors,
seamstresses and
milliners for Lina Lloyd's early years.
Mary's
Shoppe - 727 Walnut St. (Mary Johnson, proprietor;
millinery/women's hats) New York Ladies' Store - 410 Centre St. (1936 ad from Ed Merrick)
Tailors, seamstresses and milliners listed in directories, 1900-1940
1900-1901 city directory
In business listings:
Bonomo, G. R., tailor, 3 Front
Jones, A. R., tailor, Centre
Jones, R., merchant tailor, under Central Hotel
Lloyd, L., milliner, Centre
Mathers, Mrs. M. E., millinery, Centre
McDonald, Mrs., dressmaker, 38 Centre
Park, W. H., millinery and notions, Centre
Pecora, John, tailor, Washington
Pierro de, R., merchant tailor, Centre
Thompson, Mrs. R., dressmaker and dry goods
Wear Well Clothing House, M. Refowich, proprietor, merchant tailor, gent's furnishings, 37 Centre
Sipple, George, merchant tailor, Centre
Smith, Mrs. M. J., millinery, Centre
1917 telephone directory
In general listings:
Malloy, Frank S., Office - 626 Centre
Pecora, Ralph J., Merchant Tailor - 530 Centre
1921-22 city directory
In business listings:
Bohlin, Emma, milliner, 617 Centre
Boyle, Anna C., milliner, 629 Centre
Delvecchio,Matthew, tailor, 619 Centre
Lloyd, Lina, milliner, 721 Centre
Malloy, Frank, tailor, 626 Centre
Pecora Bros., tailors, 530 Centre
Schrader, Augusta, dressmaker, First National Bank Bldg.
Veraldi, James, tailor, 511 Centre
1928-29 city directory
In business listings:
Boyle, Anna C., dressmaker, 506 Cedar
Breslin, Mary E., dressmaker, 709 Front
DelVecchio, Matthew, tailor, 505 Centre
Lloyd, Lina, milliner, 721 Centre
McHugh, Leona, dressmaker, 608 Center
Paris Shop, milliner, 521 Centre
Pecora Bros., tailors, 528 Centre
Salitza, John J., tailor, 710 Main
Schrader, Augusta, dressmaker, 636 Center
Timony, Nora, milliner, 419 Centre
Weiss, Mary, dressmaker, 701 Front
Veraldi, James, tailor, 511 Centre
1940 city directory
In business listings:
Delvecchio, Matthew, tailor, 505 Centre
Lloyd, Lina, milliner, 721 Centre
McGarigle, Dennis A., milliner, 404 Centre
Veraldi, James, tailor, 511 Centre