Solomon Boscov

Solomon Boscov is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Reading, Berks County, dedicated 1999.

1400 Block N. 9th St. at Pike St., Reading

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Founder of the family-owned department store chain. An immigrant from Russia, 1911, he came to Reading as a peddler. His first store began here after WWI and gradually expanded. New stores opened starting in 1962. In 1969 he died; thirty years later, Boscov's had 34 stores in five states.

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1894 · Reading, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1913 · Reading, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1915 · Reading, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1903, covering the location of Solomon Boscov, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1903, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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