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Sara Levy talks about growing up in Williamson, West Virginia. She goes on to discuss the Williamson Bargain Store, a clothing store that was owned and operated by her parents. Levy lists off her mother's family from Williamson. She also discusses…

Samuel Elliot Halpern was born in Georgetown, Kentucky in 1939 to a Jewish tobacco sharecropping family. Sam’s early life was characterized by experiences of fishing and hunting on his family’s farms and working long, grueling days in the fields.…

Eugene DuBow was born and was raised in The Bronx in New York City. He speaks about the public schools he attended, and about how the schools redistricted as a result of WWII in case there were air raids in the city. DuBow graduated from high school…

This is a floor plan commissioned by Phil Rosenberg in 1947 for a store building designed by Robert McMeekin's architecture company.

This is an image of the Rosenberg Brothers Jewelers' car featuring an advertisement for Bulova watches.

This C. & H. Rauch Jewelers advertisement appears on the bottom left corner of page 15 of the program for the Kentucky vs. Indiana men's basketball game on December 5, 1977. The advertisement highlight Rauch's lower prices in comparison to other…

This is an image of the exterior of Morris Levy and Sons.

Several women, two of which in swimsuits, pose together for a group portrait inside Meyers Brothers on 278 West Main and Mill Streets.

This is an image of the interior of the shoe department within Meyers Brothers located on 278 West Main and Mill Streets in 1938.

This is an image of the inside of the clothing department in Meyers Brothers in 1938.