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Spiegel Spring/Summer 1958 Catalog. Spiegel was an American direct marketing retailer founded in 1865 by Joseph Spiegel.Spiegel published a catalog, like its competitors Sears, Aldens, and Montgomery Ward, which advertised various brands of apparel, accessories, and footwear, as well as housewares, toys, tools, firearms, and electronics.
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and post exchange/PX or base exchange/BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army, Air Force, and Space Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more nationwide and in more than 30 countries and four U.S. territories.
The Bryn Mawr Historic District (pronounced / ˌ b r ɪ n ˈ m ɑː r / from Welsh for "big hill") is on the lakefront of the Edgewater neighborhood of far-north Chicago, Illinois.It extends along Bryn Mawr Avenue between Broadway and Sheridan Road.
Bryn Mawr Ice Cream Social and Scoop Off is an annual event, hosted by the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association, where neighbors can socialize and vote for their favorite ice cream flavors. Sip and Stroll, sponsored by Bryn Mawr's businesses, is an annual event, held in October, where neighbors visit local restaurants and stores.
Bryn Mawr is named after an estate near Dolgellau in Wales that belonged to Rowland Ellis, a Welsh Quaker who emigrated in 1686 to Pennsylvania to escape religious persecution. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Until the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad 's Main Line in 1869, the town, located in the old Welsh Tract , was known as Humphreysville, named for ...
The Mill Creek Historic District near Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980. [1] The area of the historic district was increased on August 30, 1996.
Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum (135 acres) [1] is an arboretum located across the campus of Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is open daily without charge. The campus was first designed by Calvert Vaux (1824-1895), with a final design drawn up in 1884. Very little of this design was ever implemented, however.
Glencairn is a castle-like mansion in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, that was home to the Pitcairn family for more than 40 years.Now the Glencairn Museum, it contains a collection of about 8,000 artworks, mostly religious in nature, from cultures such as ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and medieval Europe, as well as Islamic, Asian, and Native American works.